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Author Guidelines

The following section presents the main guidelines for submission.

Manuscript formats:

  • Empirical article

  • Review article

  • Case report

Download here: Manuscript layout

Supplementary documents

Authors must submit all supplementary documents listed below, in accordance with the provided templates.

  • Submission letter: must be submitted in PDF format, according to the template available at the following link: submission letter layout.

  • Copyright statement: must be submitted in PDF format, according to the template available at the following link: copyright statement layout.

  • Revision commitment letter: if the manuscript is submitted in English, a revision commitment letter must be submitted in PDF format. The revision must be carried out by a qualified professional. Translation costs will be covered by the authors. Link: revision commitment letter layout.

  • Checklist: the author must submit the manuscript in accordance with the required checklist documents for each manuscript type. The corresponding checklists are available in the submission links.

Note: after final acceptance, both manuscript versions (Portuguese and English) must be submitted by the authors within a maximum of 30 days.

General formatting guidelines

Page count: begins on the first page and ends at the end of the references.

Abstract and Resumo: justified alignment, Arial 12 font, and single spacing. Abstracts must not exceed 200 words in either language. The text must include: presentation of the topic, general objective, method, results, and conclusion. Five keywords are required in each language of the abstract, separated by periods, with no final period after the last word.

Body text: justified alignment, Arial 12 font, and 1.5 spacing. It is not necessary to begin a new page for each section. All pages must be numbered. Indent only the first line of each paragraph by 1.25 cm.

Figures, charts, and tables: figures and tables must be inserted throughout the text and numbered sequentially as they appear in the article. The descriptive text of each table must not repeat its content.

References: justified alignment, Arial 12 font, single spacing, and a 0.75 cm first-line indent. Follow the American Psychological Association (APA) 7th edition guidelines. References must be listed in alphabetical order. Works by the same sole author must be ordered by year of publication (starting with the earliest). For articles, the DOI must be included at the end of the reference. For additional information on APA 7th edition guidelines, we created a simplified guide for citations and references. Click here to download it. As a complementary source, authors are encouraged to consult examples from the APA Publication Manual at: http://www.apastyle.org/

Submission Preparation Checklist

All submissions must meet the following requirements.

  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.

Editorial

Editorial: limited to 10 pages. The structure must include an introduction, development, and conclusion, with the objective of presenting a central and relevant theme that reflects the journal’s perspective. The editorial should argue the topic clearly and concisely, using data and information to support the main ideas.

 

Empirical article

Empirical article: limited to 25 pages, which must include all parts of the article, including references, tables, and figures. Follow the APA structure: Introduction (do not subdivide into topics); Method (identify subsections: participants, instruments or materials, and procedures); Results; Discussion (including final considerations/conclusion); and References. For writing the original article, use the Manuscript Layout and the checklist for quantitative articles or the checklist for qualitative articles.

Review articles

Review articles: limited to 25 pages. Follow the structure: Introduction (do not subdivide into topics); Method (inclusion criteria for the reviewed material, documentary data collection procedures, and analysis procedures); Results; Discussion (including final considerations/conclusion); and References. For writing the review article, use the Manuscript Layout and the PRISMA checklists for systematic reviews or scoping reviews.

Case reports

Case reports: limited to 25 pages, which must include all parts of the manuscript, including references, tables, and figures. Follow the structure: Introduction, patient information, clinical findings, timeline, diagnostic assessment, therapeutic intervention, follow-up and outcomes, discussion, patient perspective, and informed consent. For writing this format, use the Manuscript Layout and the CARE Checklist.

Copyright Notice

Authors who publish in the Journal of Psychiatry, Mental Health and Humanities retain full copyright of their work. By submitting and having an article accepted, authors grant the journal the exclusive right of first publication, allowing the article to be published and disseminated for the first time by the journal.

Authors also authorize the journal to make the article available under the Creative Commons Attribution license (CC BY 4.0), which permits the use, sharing, adaptation, and redistribution of the work, provided that proper credit is given to the authors and to the original publication in the Journal of Psychiatry, Mental Health and Humanities.

After first publication, authors are free to distribute, archive, or reuse their work, including in institutional, personal, or thematic repositories, as long as they cite the original publication in the Journal of Psychiatry, Mental Health and Humanities, providing the full reference and, when possible, the link to the published version.

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