The Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry is the official publication of Brazilian Psychiatric Association (Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria - ABP)

The journal has been published uninterruptedly since 1979, under different titles. It was published quarterly until 2018 (volume 40), then bimonthly from 2019 to 2023 (volumes 41 to 45), and switched to the online-only continuous publication format in 2024 (volume 46). 

The abbreviated title of the journal is Braz J Psychiatry. 

Articles submitted to the Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry undergo a rigorous peer-review process, and the journal complies with the principles of open science. This commitment is reflected in our editorial policy, which promotes transparency and free access to knowledge. We accept submissions of articles already available as preprints, and all our articles are fully open access, ensuring that discoveries and innovations in the field of psychiatry are accessible to researchers, clinicians, and the general public without barriers. All journal content (except where identified otherwise) is licensed under a Creative Commons attribution-type BY (CC-BY).

Other initiatives include requesting a detailed description of each author’s contributions (as of 2024), encouraging original datasets and supplementary materials to be shared as frequently as possible, and having to agree to open access publication in the submission process (in-built question).

The Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry observes the ethics in publication values set forth in the Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals published by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), as well as the publication ethics principles described by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

The Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry aims to publish original manuscripts in all areas of psychiatry, e.g., basic and clinical neuroscience, translational psychiatry, clinical studies (including clinical trials) and epidemiological studies.

This journal is indexed cover to cover by SciELO and PMC, and therefore meets digital preservation criteria.

The Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry is indexed in the following databases and platforms:

• DOAJ
• Clarivate’s Web of Science
• MEDLINE
• Scopus
• Embase
• PsycINFO - American Psychological Association
• EBSCO
• LILACS - Index Medicus Latino-Americano

• Título do periódico: Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry 
• Título abreviado: Braz J Psychiatry
• Publicação de: Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria
• Periodicidade: Annual
• Modalidade de publicação: Continuous Publication
• Ano de criação do periódico: 1999

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The Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes original manuscripts in all areas of psychiatry.

The journal encourages and accepts submission of articles already available in preprint platforms, e.g., Preprints and SciELO Preprints. Previous publication as a preprint should be clearly indicated in the submission.

The manuscript submission and editorial review process is as follows:

1. An author submits a manuscript.
2. The manuscript is checked by the editorial office, assessed for writing quality, screened for similarity with the published literature using a built-in tool available in the submission system, and then assigned to an editor.
3. The editor reviews the manuscript and makes an initial decision based on manuscript quality and editorial priorities, usually either to send the manuscript to peer reviewers or to reject the manuscript at that point so that the author can submit it to another journal. The selection of manuscripts for publication is based on their originality, relevance of the topic, methodological quality, writing quality, and compliance with these instructions.
4. All manuscripts considered for publication are peer-reviewed by at least two anonymous external referees selected by the editors. For those manuscripts sent to peer reviewers, the editors make a decision based on editorial priorities, manuscript quality, reviewer recommendations, and perhaps discussion with fellow editors. At this point, the decision is usually to request a revised manuscript, reject the manuscript, or provisionally accept the manuscript.
5. The decision letter is sent to the author.
6. Revised manuscripts are sent back to reviewers for reassessment. Based on the reviewers' comments, the editors make the final decision, which may be to request a new revision, reject or accept the manuscript.

In line with open science principles, starting in 2024, accepted articles will be published along with the name of the editor responsible for handling and accepting the study.

Whenever an editor or other person involved in the editorial process decides to submit a manuscript to the journal, or has any conflict of interest with a submitted manuscript (e.g., with respect to the authors or their work, or a manuscript from their own department or institution, etc.), they will not participate in the decision-making process. In these cases, a colleague in the editorial office will manage the manuscript and handle the peer review independently of the author/editor.

The Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry encourages authors to make their data publicly available. The original/source data can be added as part of the submission (e.g., as supplementary material), or be available on a public data repository (e.g., https://data.scielo.org/), or be provided directly from the authors upon reasonable request.

The journal is fully open access, and there are no article processing or publication fees.

Errors of fact detected after publication will be handled as recommended by the ICMJE. Briefly, a corrigendum will be published, along with a corrected version of the article detailing the corrections made. Articles containing errors serious enough to invalidate a paper's results and conclusions will be retracted.

Conflicts of interest may result from different types of relationship, e.g., personal, commercial, political, academic, or financial, and they may affect authors, reviewers, or journal editors and staff. Conflict of interest information for each author needs to be part of the manuscript. A general statement should be included before the references, attesting to the existence (or non-existence) of any conflicts of interest concerning the publication of the article.

All manuscripts are screened for similarity with the published literature upon submission. The tool used for this purpose is iThenticate 2, which is built-in/integrated in our submission system (as offered by SciELO).

Gender and sex equality is taken into consideration when members are invited to join the Editorial Team and Board and also during peer review. We recommend our team members, editors, reviewers, and authors to observe the SAGER guidelines.

Approval of original studies by a research ethics institution or committee should be clearly described in the manuscript. Whenever considered appropriate or necessary, the editors may request to see the original approval statement form.

All content of the journal, except where identified otherwise, is licensed under a Creative Commons attribution-type BY (CC-BY) Attribution 4.0 International . This means that authors retain copyright and full publishing rights without restrictions, even though they grant the journal the right of first publication. In other words, authors and any users can distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format. Please note that the original source should be cited, i.e., attribution should be given to the creator.

The author is responsible for obtaining copyright authorization (from individuals, institutions, other authors and/or editors) for the use of tables, methods, or other elements used in the manuscript to be published. Illustrations extracted from previously published works should be accompanied by written permission for reproduction from the current copyright holder at the time of submission.

Data, opinions, and concepts manifested in articles, as well as the accuracy of the bibliographic references cited, are the sole responsibility of the authors.

The Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry encourages authors to self-archive their accepted manuscripts, publish them on personal blogs, institutional repositories, and academic social media, as well as post them in their personal social media, provided the original version published in the journal is cited.

• Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP)

• Andre Brunoni, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. Lattes, Orcid, E-mail: brunoni@usp.br
• Antonio Egidio Nardi, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Lattes, Orcid, E-mail: antonioenardi@gmail.com

• Alexandre Loch, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. Lattes, Orcid
• Debora Marques de Miranda, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Lattes, Orcid
• Fernando Goes, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, United States of America. Orcid
• Gabriel R. Fries, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, United States of America. Orcid
• Giselli Scaini, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, United States of America. Orcid
• Ives Cavalcante Passos, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Lattes, Orcid
• João Mauricio Castaldelli Maia, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. Lattes, Orcid
• Karen Jansen, Universidade Católica de Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Lattes, Orcid
• Laiana Quagliato, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Lattes, Orcid
• Leandro Malloy-Diniz, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Lattes, Orcid
• Lucas Borrione, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. Lattes, Orcid
• Raffael Massuda, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil. Lattes, Orcid
• Rodolfo Damiano, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. Lattes, Orcid
• Thiago Marques Fidalgo, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. Lattes, Orcid

• Antônio Geraldo da Silva, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal. Orcid

• Ana Caroline Lopes Rocha, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. Lattes, Orcid
• André Braule Pinto, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Lattes, Orcid
• Antonio Alvim, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Lattes, Orcid
• Bruno Kluwe Schiavon, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, United States of America. Orcid
• Bruno Montezano, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Lattes, Orcid
• Felipe Branco Arcadepani, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. Lattes, Orcid
• Gustavo Costa Medeiros, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, United States of America. Orcid
• Gabriela Mourão Ferreira, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil. Lattes, Orcid
• Kae Leopoldo, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. Lattes, Orcid
• Kyara Rodrigues de Aguiar, Universidade Católica de Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Lattes, Orcid
• Lauro Marchionatti, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Lattes, Orcid
• Natan Pereira Gosmann, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Lattes, Orcid
• Natia Horato, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Lattes, Orcid
• Rafaela Carneiro Cordeiro, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, United States of America. Orcid

• Aartjan T. F. Beekman, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Orcid
• Alexandre Paim Diaz, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America. Orcid
• Allan H. Young, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom. Orcid
• Ana Lúcia Severo Rodrigues, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil. Lattes, Orcid
• Andre F. Carvalho, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. Orcid
• Andrea Danese, Kings College London, London, United Kingdom. Orcid
• Anilkumar Pillai, UTHealthn, Houston, United States of America. Orcid
• Arthur Caye, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Lattes, Orcid
• Arthur Guerra de Andrade, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. Lattes, Orcid
• Ary Gadelha de Alencar Araripe Neto, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. Lattes, Orcid
• Avshalom Caspi, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America. Orcid
• Benicio Frey, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Orcid
• Benjamin Goldstein, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. Orcid
• Benoit Mulsant, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. Orcid
• Brendon Stubbs, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom. Orcid
• Breno S. Diniz, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. Orcid
• Carlos López-Jaramillo, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia. Orcid
• Carolina Blaya, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Lattes, Orcid
• Charles B. Nemeroff, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, United States of America. Orcid
• Clarissa Gama, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Lattes, Orcid
• Clement Hamani, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. Orcid
• Cristiano Noto, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. Lattes, Orcid
• Cristiano Tschiedel, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Lattes, Orcid
• Dan Stein, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa. Orcid
• Danielle Macêdo Gaspar, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil. Lattes, Orcid
• David Mataix-Cols, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. Orcid
• Eduard Vieta, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. Orcid
• Eduardo Zimmer, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Lattes, Orcid
• Elisa Brietzke, Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada. Orcid
• Elson Asevedo, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. Lattes, Orcid
• Eric Alan Storch, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America. Orcid
• Evandro da Silva Freire Coutinho, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Lattes, Orcid
• Felice Jacka, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia. Orcid
• Felipe B. Schuch, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Lattes, Orcid
• Felipe Dal-Pizzol, Universidade do Extremo Sul Catarinense, Criciúma, Santa Catarina, Brazil. Lattes, Orcid
• Felix H. Paim Kessler, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Lattes, Orcid
• Fiammetta Cosci, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Firenze, Italy. Orcid
• Flavio Pechansky, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Lattes, Orcid
• Gabriel Coutinho, Centro Universitário Celso Lisboa, Engenho Novo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Lattes, Orcid
• Geraldo B. Filho, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. Lattes, Orcid
• Gerhard Andersson, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden. Orcid
• Giacomo Grassi, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Firenze, Italy. Orcid
• Giovanni A. Salum Junior, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Lattes, Orcid
• Gisele Manfro, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Lattes, Orcid
• Guilherme V. Polanczyk, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. Lattes, Orcid
• Gustavo Turecki, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Orcid
• Helena Paula Brentani, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. Lattes, Orcid
• Homero Pinto Vallada Filho, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. Lattes, Orcid
• Humberto Correa, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Lattes, Orcid
• Ilana Pinsky, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. Lattes, Orcid
• Iria Grande, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. Orcid
• Ishrat Husain, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. Orcid
• Jaime E. C. Hallak, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. Lattes, Orcid
• Jair C. Soares, UTHealth, Houston, United States of America. Orcid
• Janusz Rybakowski, Poznan University, Poznan, Poland. Orcid
• Jeffrey P. Kahn, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America. Orcid
• Jennifer L. Payne, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, United States of America. Orcid
• Jerson Laks, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Lattes, Orcid
• John Elhai, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, United States of America. Orcid
• Jorge R. Cardoso de Almeida, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, United States of America. Orcid
• José Carlos Appolinário, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Lattes, Orcid
• Joy M. Schmitz, UTHealth, Houston, United States of America. Orcid
• Julio Bobes, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Asturias, Spain. Orcid
• Julio Licinio, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, United States of America. Orcid
• Katharina Kircanski, National Institutes of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America. Orcid
• Kathleen R. Merikangas, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America. Orcid
• Laiss Bertola, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Lattes, Orcid
• Lakshmi Yatham, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Orcid
• Laura Helena Silveira Guerra de Andrade, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. Lattes, Orcid
• Leandro Valiengo, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. Lattes, Orcid
• Leonardo Baldaçara, Universidade Federal do Tocantins, Palmas, Tocantins, Brazil. Lattes, Orcid
• Leonardo F. Fontenelle, Monash University, Calyton, Victoria, Australia. Orcid
• Leticia Czepielewski, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Lattes, Orcid
• Lisia von Diemen, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Lattes, Orcid
• Louise D. McCullough, UTHealth, Houston, United States of America. Orcid
• Luis Anunciação, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Lattes, Orcid
• Ma-Li Wong, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, United States of America. Orcid
• Madhukar H. Trivedi, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America. Orcid
• Marc Potenza, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America. Orcid
• Marco Aurélio Romano-Silva, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Lattes, Orcid
• Marco Solmi, University of Padua, Padova, Italy. Orcid
• Maria Oquendo, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America. Orcid
• Mario F. Juruena, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom. Orcid
• Mauricio Scopel Hoffmann, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Lattes, Orcid
• Mauricio Tohen, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America. Orcid
• Mauro Carta, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy. Orcid
• Melissa DelBello, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America. Orcid
• Michael Berk, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia. Orcid
• Michael Maes, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia. Orcid
• Monica Andersen, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. Lattes, Orcid
• Orestes Forlenza, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. Lattes, Orcid
• Osvaldo P. Almeida, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia. Orcid
• Paulo Lotufo, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. Lattes, Orcid
• Pedro Pan, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. Lattes, Orcid
• Pedro Rosa Neto, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Orcid
• Pim Cuijpers, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Orcid
• Ping-Tao Tseng, National Sun Yat-sen University, Guangdong, Taiwan. Orcid
• Rafael C. R. Freire, Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada. Orcid
• Robert Dantzer, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America. Orcid
• Robert M. Post, George Washington University, Washington, DC, United States of America. Orcid
• Roberto Andreatini, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil. Lattes, Orcid
• Rodrigo Grassi-Oliveira, Aarhus University, Aarhus C, Denmark. Orcid
• Rodrigo Machado-Vieira, UTHealth, Houston, United States of America. Orcid
• Rodrigo Morales, UTHealth, Houston, United States of America. Orcid
• Rodrigo Nicolato, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Lattes, Orcid
• Roger S. McIntyre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. Orcid
• Roger Walz, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil. Lattes, Orcid
• Sagar V. Parikh, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America. Orcid
• Sam R. Chamberlain, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom. Orcid
• Sandra Scivoletto, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. Lattes, Orcid
• Sanjay J. Mathew, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America. Orcid
• Stefan Kloiber, The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Canada. Orcid
• Tatiana Barichello, UTHealth, Houston, United States of America. Orcid
• Theo Rein, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, München, Germany. Orcid
• Ulrich Palm, University of Munich, München, Germany. Orcid
• Vlasios Brakoulias, University of Sydney, Sydnei, Australia. Orcid
• Wayne K. Goodman, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America. Orcid
• Xiang Yang Zhang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. Orcid
• Yuan-Pang Wang, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. Lattes, Orcid
• Zila Sanchez, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. Lattes, Orcid

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Charlesworth Group

Marcos Silva Matte

• Euripedes Constantino Miguel (1999-2007)
• Jair de Jesus Mari (1999-2007)
• Luis Augusto Rohde (2006-2008)
• Rodrigo Affonseca-Bressan (2008-2011)
• Beny Lafer (2008-2010)
• Marcelo Pio de Almeida Fleck (2008-2012)
• José Alexandre de Souza Crippa (2011-2012)
• Flavio Kapczinski (2013-2016)
• João Quevedo (2016-2023)

The Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry aims to publish original manuscripts in all areas of psychiatry, e.g., basic and clinical neuroscience, translational psychiatry, clinical studies (including clinical trials) and epidemiological studies. The journal is fully open access, and there are no article processing or publication fees. Submitted articles must be written in English.

These instructions are based on the Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly work in Medical Journals, edited by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE).

Manuscripts are accepted for consideration by the Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry based on the understanding that they are original, are not being considered for publication elsewhere, and have not been published previously. The final version of the submitted manuscript should have been approved by all authors. 

Contents published represent the opinions of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Editorial Board.

The manuscript file (main document) must be written in English, double-spaced throughout, and should contain the following sections in this order: title page, abstract, main manuscript text, acknowledgments, disclosure, data availability, author contributions, references, figure legends, and tables. Use 10-, 11-, or 12-point font size. Abbreviations should be avoided and limited to those considered "standard." All abbreviations should be spelled out at first mention in the text and also in table/figure legends. All units should be metric. Avoid Roman numerals. Generic names of drugs should be used.

The table below shows the types of manuscript accepted for evaluation and the maximum number of words (from Introduction to end of Discussion), references and tables/figures allowed for each category.

• Original Articles: These should describe fully, but as concisely as possible, the results of original research, containing all the relevant information for those who wish to reproduce the research or assess the results and conclusions. Original articles should have the following sections: Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion. The last paragraph(s) of the Discussion section should address study limitations and concluding remarks, but without separate subtitles.
• Clinical trials: The Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry will only accept clinical trials that report results according to CONSORT guidelines and have been registered in a public registry that meets the World Health Organization (WHO) and ICMJE requirements. The clinical trial registration number should be informed at the end of the abstract.
• Review Articles: These should be systematic reviews and should include critical assessments of literature and data sources, critically reviewing and evaluating existing knowledge on a designated topic, in addition to commenting on studies by other authors. The search strategy and selection process should be described in detail, according to PRISMA or other appropriate guidelines. The main text may follow a structure similar to that of an original article, or may be adapted to better reflect the presentation of findings. Non-systematic reviews should be submitted in the Special Article category.
• Brief Communications: Original but shorter manuscripts addressing topics of interest in the field of psychiatry, with preliminary results or results of immediate relevance. The main text should use the same subtitles described for original articles above.
• Special Articles: Articles that address current topics relevant to clinical practice and are less comprehensive than review articles. These include non-systematic reviews and critical assessments of the literature, reviewing and evaluating existing knowledge on a designated topic. In this category, authors are free to decide upon the article's structure and to use the subtitles that better reflect the contents of their contribution.
• Letters to the Editors: Letters can contain reports of unusual cases, comments on relevant scientific topics, critiques of editorial policy, or opinions on the contents of the journal.
• Editorials: Critical and in-depth commentary invited by the editors or written by a person with known expertise in the topic.

Title page

Page 1 should contain a full title (max. 150 characters, specific, informative, attractive, no abbreviations), authors' names in the form that is wished for publication (first name + middle initials or names + last name), and authors' departments and institutions, including city and country. Please also include a running title with a maximum of 50 characters (letters and spaces) and inform of any previous presentations of the manuscript, if applicable (e.g., in abstract or preprint form). The full name, telephone number, e-mail address and full postal address of the corresponding author should be stated.

Abstract

Page 2 should present a 250-word abstract where applicable (check table above with requirements for each manuscript type). To ensure the quality and clarity of submissions, authors are required to follow these detailed instructions when preparing their abstracts. Ensure that the abstract is clear, concise, and jargon-free. Each section should be seamlessly connected to provide a coherent narrative. Structured abstracts should have the sections outlined below: 

1. Objective: Start with 1-2 sentences that provide the background or context of the study, highlighting the problem being addressed. Then, clearly state the objective or hypothesis that the study intends to test or explore.

2. Methods: Briefly describe the study design (e.g., randomized controlled trial, cohort study, case-control study, etc.), including the setting and timeframe of the study. Subsequently, mention the study population, including how participants were selected or recruited. If applicable, succinctly describe the interventions used and the primary measurements or variables analyzed. Finally, provide a brief overview of the main statistical tests or methods used for data analysis.

3. Results: Summarize the main results of the study, including relevant data and statistical significance (e.g., p-values, confidence intervals). While detailed data cannot be included due to word limit constraints, ensure that the presented data supports the study's conclusions.

4. Conclusions: Clearly interpret the results, emphasizing their relevance and implications for the field. Also, briefly acknowledge any significant limitations of the study. Optionally, suggest areas for future research or how the findings could impact practice or policy.

After the abstract, please indicate three to five keywords that reflect the core themes of the study and are in accordance with the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). Avoid repeating words from the title. 

If submitting a randomized clinical trial, inform the clinical trial registration number at the end of the abstract.

Main text

The main text of the manuscript should follow the specific instructions for each manuscript type as described above. For Original Articles, the Methods section must include information on ethics committee approval. Studies involving humans must provide details about informed consent procedures, and studies involving animals must describe compliance with institutional and national standards for the care and use of laboratory animals. Patient anonymity should be guaranteed.

Acknowledgments

Funding originating from non-commercial institutions (e.g., foundation or government grants), as well as individuals who have contributed to the study but do not qualify as authors, should be cited in the Acknowledgments section.

Disclosure

Potential conflicts of interest of any type (e.g., financial, commercial, political, academic, personal) covering the last 3 years should be disclosed for each author. A general statement should be included before the references, attesting to the existence (or non-existence) of any conflicts of interest concerning the publication of the article.
 

Author contributions

Just before the References, please describe the specific contributions of each author using author initials and the terms proposed by the Contributor Roles Taxonomy (CRediT; short definitions to each role are available here). 

Example: “ABC was responsible for conceptualization, methodology, formal analysis, and writing – original draft and review & editing. DEF and GHI participated in investigation, resources, and writing – review & editing. [...] All authors have read and approved the final version submitted and take public responsibility for all aspects of the work.” 

Please note that the underlined segment should be true/confirmed and added after the individual contributions.

References

Authors are responsible for the accuracy and completeness of their references and for correct in-text citation. An EndNote style file can be downloaded here. Number references consecutively in the order that they appear in the text using superscript Arabic numerals; do not alphabetize. References cited only in tables or figure legends should be numbered in accordance with the first citation of the relevant table/figure in the text, i.e., as though they were inserted where cited.

Please observe the style of the reference examples below. To include manuscripts accepted, but not yet published, inform the abbreviated title of the journal followed by “Forthcoming” and the expected year of publication. Journal titles should be abbreviated according to the NLM style. Personal communications, unpublished materials, manuscripts submitted but not yet accepted, and similar unpublished items should not be cited; if absolutely essential, bibliographic details should be described in the text in parentheses.

Examples:

• Journal article: Coelho FM, Pinheiro RT, Silva RA, Quevedo LA, Souza LD, Castelli RD, et al. Major depressive disorder during teenage pregnancy: socio-demographic, obstetric and psychosocial correlates. Braz J Psychiatry. 2013;35:51-6.

List all authors when six or fewer. When there are seven or more, list only the first six authors and add “et al.”

• Book: Gabbard GO. Gabbard’s treatment of psychiatric disorders. 4th ed. Arlington: American Psychiatric Publishing; 2007.
• Book chapter: Kennedy SH, Rizvi SJ, Giacobbe P. The nature and treatment of therapy-resistant depression. In: Cryan JF, Leonard BE, editors. Depression: from psychopathology to pharmacotherapy. Basel: Karger; 2010. p. 243-53.
• Theses and dissertations: Trigeiro A. Central nervous system corticotropin releasing factor (CRF) systems contribute to increased anxiety-like behavior during opioid withdrawal: an analysis of neuroanatomical substrates [dissertation]. San Diego: University of California; 2011.
• Electronic articles and web pages: World Health Organization. Depression and other common mental disorders: global health estimates [Internet]. 2017 [cited 2020 May 11]. https://www.who.int/mental_health/management/depression/prevalence_global_health_estimates/en/

Illustrations (figures, tables, or boxes) should clarify/complement rather than repeat the text; their number should be kept to a minimum. All illustrations should be submitted on separate pages at the end of the manuscript, following the order in which they appear in the text and numbered consecutively using Arabic numerals. Descriptive legends should be included for each illustration in the main text file, and any abbreviations or symbols used should be explained using these footnotes: † ‡ § || ¶ †† ‡‡ etc. Asterisks should be reserved for the expression of significance levels: * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001.

Illustrations extracted from previously published works should be accompanied by written permission for reproduction from the current copyright holder at the time of submission.

Tables and boxes should preferably be submitted in Word format, appended to the end of the manuscript text file (after any figure legends), rather than uploaded as separate files. However, Excel files are also accepted. If using Excel, do not place tables on individual spreadsheets within the same file because only the first sheet will be visible in the converted PDF. In tables, each cell should contain only one item of data; subcategories should be in separate rows and cells (i.e., do not use Enter or spaces inside a cell). Tables containing data that could be described succinctly in 1-2 sentences should be converted to text. Large or detailed tables may be submitted separately as supplementary material (see details below).

Figures should be submitted in one of the following acceptable file formats: AI, BMP, DOC, EMF, EPS, JPG, PDF, PPT, PSD, TIF, WMF, and XLS. Figures can be included in the manuscript, but preferably should be uploaded as separate files, with legends in the main file. If your manuscript is accepted, you may be asked to provide high-resolution, uncompressed TIF files for images, as well as open/editable versions of figures containing text, to facilitate copyediting (e.g., flowcharts made in Word or PowerPoint). Supporting figures may be submitted separately as supplementary material.

Supplementary material

Supporting materials (text, tables, figures) should preferably be submitted as a single Word document with pages numbered consecutively. Each element included in the supplementary material should be cited in the main text and numbered in order of citation (e.g., Supplementary Material S1, Table S1, Table S2, Figure S1, Figure S2, etc.). The first page of the document should list the number and title of each element included in the document. The editors may select material submitted for publication in the main body to be posted as supplementary material.

The first time you use the manuscript submission site of the Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry, you will be asked to create an account. You will use the same username and password for author and reviewer functions. You may log into the system at any time to submit a manuscript or to check the status of previously submitted manuscripts. To submit a manuscript, select Author and click on Start New Submission/Begin Submission.

The manuscript submission process includes 7 steps that gather information about your manuscript and allow you to upload the pertinent files (cover letter, manuscript main text, tables [if separate], figures [if separate], and related material). Once you click on Begin Submission, the system will suggest that you upload your manuscript file so that the submission fields can be pre-filled. If you agree with this suggestion, please follow the instructions on screen to upload your file and then go on revising the pre-filled information. If you prefer to fill the fields manually, click on “continue without pre-filling submission fields,” at the lower left corner of the screen. Each of the 7 submission steps are briefly explained below.

Step 1: Manuscript type, title, & abstract

First choose the type of manuscript you wish to submit. As mentioned above, you may choose between Original Article, Brief Communication, Review Article, Special Article, Editorial or Letter to the Editors. Please remember to abide to the word limits and text structure specified for each manuscript type.

Title: You can copy and paste this from your manuscript, but do not delete the title from the manuscript file. Make sure there are no line breaks in the title. Titles should be concise (max. 150 characters), specific, informative, attractive, with no abbreviations.

Abstract: Please check the table specifying abstract requirements for each manuscript type. You can copy and paste the abstract from your manuscript, but do not delete it from the manuscript file. If submitting a structured abstract, add a line space between each section (Objective, Methods, Results, and Conclusions).

Step 2: File upload

Click the Select File... button to view a directory of your computer. Navigate to where your files are stored. Submit the manuscript file (Main Document) preferably in Word format. Your manuscript will be converted to a PDF at the end of the submission process. Do not include line numbers to your Word file, as these will be added to your manuscript during the PDF conversion process. 

Step 3: Attributes

You will be asked to list 1 to 5 keywords that describe the main topics of your manuscript. Please use Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) terms only, and avoid repeating words from the title.

Step 4: Authors & institutions

All persons designated as authors should qualify for authorship, i.e., should have participated sufficiently in the study to take public responsibility for its contents. Check the ICMJE website for authorship criteria if in doubt. Other parties that have contributed to the work but do not meet authorship criteria should be cited in an Acknowledgments section.

The submitting agent should inform whether they are an author of the paper. Subsequently, all authors should be added, first by informing their e-mail address (to check if they already have an account in the system). If the email is not found in the database, click on “create a new co-author” and fill in all relevant fields (e-mail, prefix, first name, last name, institution, country, and city are mandatory; all others, especially author contributions, should be filled as appropriate). Please note that all communications concerning manuscript submissions and authorship forms are done through e-mail, so please make sure all e-mails informed are valid and correctly typed. In the manuscript file, please inform ORCID iDs for authors whenever possible (mandatory/required by the submission system for the submitting author). Review the list of authors as well as the order in which they are presented (it should be identical to the information presented in the title page).

Postal/mail address and telephone number for the corresponding author should be included only in the title page.

Articles accepted as of 2024 will have the specific contributions of each author described at the end of the article according to the Contributor Roles Taxonomy (CrediT).

Step 5: Reviewers

You will be required to indicate 5 potential reviewers for your manuscript. This is a mandatory step, i.e., you will not be able to proceed before indicating the names and e-mails of five researchers who have a publication record, clinical or research experience in the topic of your manuscript. Inform first and last name, e-mail address and institution. Suggested reviewers should not be personal acquaintances, colleagues from the same institution or research group as the authors. Also, we advise against indicating collaborators from previous publications among suggested reviewers. Editors will consider your suggestions at their discretion. If you wish, you may also oppose specific reviewers for your manuscript.

Step 6: Details & comments

Write a cover letter to the editors explaining the nature of your article and why the authors believe the manuscript should be published in the Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry. Make sure to include a statement on authorship and to inform whether the authors have published or submitted any related papers from the same study elsewhere. You may choose to upload a file or write the cover letter in the designated box.

In this step, you will also be required to provide information on the following topics:

• Funding: When applicable, disclose information regarding funding agency and grant/award number.
• Number of words and references in the manuscript.
• Confirmation of editorial/ethical statements.
• Conflicts of interest: Each author’s conflicts of interest and financial disclosures covering the last 3 years, or declarations of no financial interest, must be included in this form and also, in identical form, at the end of the manuscript, before the references. If the manuscript is accepted for publication, the authors will be required to sign an Author Agreement form.

Step 7: Review & submit

Carefully review each step of your submission. The system will point with a red X whether there are any incomplete parts. Once you are ready, click on the View Proof buttons to view the individual and/or merged HTML and PDF files created, as well as the MEDLINE proof. You will be asked to review and approve the PDF of your article files to ensure that you are satisfied with how your manuscript will be displayed for editors and reviewers. Confirm that your manuscript information is complete and correct any errors. When you are satisfied and consider the submission to be complete, click the Submit button. The editorial review process will not start until this final step is completed.

If you need help, you can click on the help signs that appear throughout the system. A help dialogue box will pop up with context-sensitive help. If you have questions or problems with your submission, please contact the editorial office by e-mail at editorial@abp.org.br.

After you approve your manuscript by clicking on Submit, you are finished with the submission process (you will receive a confirmation via e-mail). 

To check the status of your manuscript throughout the editorial review process:

1. Log into the system with your username and password.
2. Select the Author dashboard on your Home Page.
3. Select Submitted Manuscripts or the appropriate category and check manuscript status.

The manuscript submission and editorial review process is as follows:

1. An author submits a manuscript.
2. The manuscript is checked by the editorial office, assessed for writing quality, screened for similarity with the published literature using a built-in tool available in the submission system, and then assigned to an associate editor. Each associate editor has an assistant editor. The associate editor and assistant editor work in close collaboration to review and advance the manuscript through the editorial process.
3. The assigned associate and assistant editors review the manuscript and make an initial decision based on manuscript quality and editorial priorities, usually either to send the manuscript to peer reviewers or to reject the manuscript at that point so that the author can submit it to another journal. The selection of manuscripts for publication is based on their originality, relevance of the topic, methodological quality, writing quality, and compliance with these instructions.
4. All manuscripts considered for publication are peer-reviewed by at least two anonymous external referees selected by the assigned editors. For those manuscripts sent to peer reviewers, a decision is made based on editorial priorities, manuscript quality, reviewer recommendations, and perhaps discussion with fellow editors. At this point, the decision is usually to request a revised manuscript, reject the manuscript, or provisionally accept the manuscript. All the decisions are validated and sent to the authors by the Editors-in-Chief.
5. Revised manuscripts are sent back to the same assigned editors and reviewers for reassessment whenever possible. Based on the reviewers' comments, the editors make the final decision, which may be to request a new revision, reject or accept the manuscript.

In line with open science principles, starting in 2024, accepted articles will be published along with the name of the editor responsible for handling and accepting the study.

Whenever an editor or other person involved in the editorial process decides to submit a manuscript to the journal, or has any conflict of interest with a submitted manuscript (e.g., with respect to the authors or their work, or a manuscript from their own department or institution, etc.), they will not participate in the decision-making process. In these cases, a colleague in the editorial office will manage the manuscript and handle the peer review independently of the author/editor.

Errors of fact detected after publication will be handled as recommended by the ICMJE. Briefly, a corrigendum will be published, along with a corrected version of the article detailing the corrections made. Articles containing errors serious enough to invalidate a paper's results and conclusions will be retracted.

Commercial advertisements are accepted for analysis but will not be juxtaposed with editorial content. The editors and the Brazilian Psychiatric Association reserve the right to refuse any online advertisements that are considered inappropriate or that do not comply with existing regulatory standards.

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