Academic Psychiatry

Editor-in-Chief: Laura Roberts, M.D., M.A.
Deputy Editor: John Coverdale, M.D., M.Ed., F.R.A.N.Z.C.P.
Deputy Editor: Alan Louie, M.D.
Associate Editor: Richard Balon, M.D.
Associate Editor: Eugene Beresin, M.D.
Senior Editorial Assistant: Ann Tennier, B.S.

We are so pleased to be given the opportunity to share an update on Academic Psychiatry with our colleagues at the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training.

International Advisory Board

In 2007 Academic Psychiatry established an International Advisory Board to connect with prominent international educators and researchers, educational organizations, and medical education journals to enhance the international status of the Journal. Board members encourage submissions of articles and recommend and solicit manuscripts. They also may assist international authors to reach manuscript publication standards.

The inaugural members, whose initial terms extend through December, 2009, are as follows:

Richard Balon, M.D., Detroit, MI (chairman)
Mary Ann Cohen, M.D., New York, NY
Pedro Delgado, M.D., San Antonio, TX
Waguih William IsHak, M.D., Los Angeles, CA
Russell Lim, M.D., Sacramento, CA
Jed Magen, D.O., M.S., East Lansing, MI
Derek Puddester, M.D., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Michelle Riba, M.D., Ann Arbor, MI
Sandra B. Sexson, M.D., Augusta, GA
Frederick S. Sierles, M.D., Chicago, IL
Thomas W. Uhde, M.D., Hershey, PA
Richard C. Veith, M.D., Seattle, WA.

Editorial Board for 2008

Editorial Board terms are staggered so that several board members rotate off each year. All members are given the opportunity to be considered for renewal at the end of their initial term. Duties include acting as advisors to editors, serving as AP reviewers (5-7 times/year on average), developing ideas for theme issues/special features, helping to render decisions on complex manuscripts, meeting from time to time to discuss issues of importance to the Journal, and helping to stimulate interest by authors, readers, and reviewers in the Journal.

Our 2008 Editorial Board members are as follows:

Nutan Atre-Vaidya, M.D., Chicago, IL
Carol Ann Bernstein, M.D., New York, NY
James A. Bourgeois, O.D., M.D., Sacramento, CA
Gregory W. Briscoe, M.D., Norfolk, VA
Jason Caplan, M.D., Tucson, AZ
Mitchell J. Cohen, M.D., Philadelphia, PA
Cynthia M.A. Geppert, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., Albuquerque, NM
Carl P. Greiner, M.D., Omaha, NE
Anthony P. S. Guerrero, M.D., Honolulu, HI
Robert W. Guynn, M.D., Houston, TX
D. Daniel Hunt, M.D., Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
Michael D. Jibson, M.D., Ph.D., Ann Arbor, MI
Francis G. Lu, M.D., San Francisco, CA
Teresita McCarty, M.D., Albuquerque, NM
Layton McCurdy, M.D., Charleston, SC
William McDonald, M.D., Atlanta, GA
Dennis P. McNeilly, S.J., Psy.D., Omaha, NE
Philip R. Muskin, M.D., New York, NY
Guy K. Palmes, M.D., Winston-Salem, NC
Michele T. Pato, M.D., Altadena, CA
Dilip Ramchandani, M.D., Philadelphia, PA
Robert Rohrbaugh, M.D., West Haven, CT
Anthony L. Rostain, M.D., Philadelphia, PA
Sy Atezaz Saeed, M.D., M.S., Greenville, NC
Jerome J. Schultz, Ph.D., Medford, MA
Jess P. Shatkin, M.D., M.P.H., New York, NY
Melton Strozier, Ph.D., Macon, GA.
Donna M. Sudak, M.D., Philadelphia, PA
Paul Summergrad, M.D., Boston, MA
Art Walaszek, M.D., Madison, WI
Sidney Zisook, M.D., La Jolla, CA.

Positive Trend in Submissions

In the last few years, we have seen an overwhelmingly positive trend in submissions to Academic Psychiatry. This is due to many factors, including several “hot topic” theme issues; an increase in publication frequency, which means shorter publication queues and quicker publication of accepted pieces; and our online submission system, which helps to facilitate communication with reviewers, authors, and our publishing contacts. We hope that you will consider submission of your own work as we move forward!

Submission Procedure

Academic Psychiatry uses an electronic manuscript submission and peer review system called Manuscript Central, which allows authors and peer reviewers to upload and access information online, creating a virtually paperless process. Authors upload an electronic file of their paper, peer reviewers read and respond to papers online, and all communications regarding each paper, including letters about interim and final decisions, occur via e-mail.

To submit a manuscript for consideration, go to Manuscript Central (http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/appi-ap) and either create an account or use your existing account. Then follow the instructions to upload your manuscript in the Author Center.

Because the journal’s peer review process is blind, please ensure that the title page of the file you upload for review does not contain any author information. Check the acknowledgments section and delete any author-identifying information. Do not use running heads with author names.

The journal staff and the technicians at Manuscript Central have worked hard to make the process as user friendly as possible. Help is available within the site, including links to a comprehensive question-and-answer database, a contact e-mail address for online customer service, and technical support phone numbers for national and international callers.

Academic Psychiatry requires approval of manuscript submission by all authors in addition to transfer of copyright. Upon acceptance of an article, the author(s) will be required to assign copyright ownership in writing to Academic Psychiatry.

For further information regarding the online submission process or the requirements for submission to Academic Psychiatry, please contact Ann Tennier, Senior Editorial Assistant, at atennier@mcw.edu or 414-955-8965.

Peer Reviewers

Individuals interested in reviewing for Academic Psychiatry should visit Manuscript Central (http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/appi-ap) and either create an account or update an existing account.

Abstracts of articles within a reviewer’s given area of expertise are sent via e-mail to the reviewer. Within 5 days of receiving the e-mailed invitation, the potential reviewer is asked to indicate willingness to review and availability to perform the review within 3 weeks. Reviewers are then given access to the blinded manuscript and an electronic reviewing score sheet. (All information can be accessed and completed online at Manuscript Central.) Sometimes reviewers are asked to re-review manuscripts after revision, to determine whether any concerns expressed in the initial review were resolved or whether any new concerns developed.

The keywords by which we seek reviewers include Academic Careers; Accreditation; Administration; Boards: ABPN, ECFMG, USMLE; Careers in Psychiatry; Career Development; Child Psychiatry; C-L Psychiatry; CME; Curriculum Development; Economics; Emotional Problems/Support; Evaluation; Faculty Development; Funding of Education; Groups, Residents; Informatics; Interdisciplinary Training; International; International Medical Graduates; Licensure; Media (TV, films); Medical Student Education: Attitudes/Values, Behavioral Sciences, Career Choice, Clerkship, Dean’s Letter, Electives, Emotional Problems, Evaluation, Interview Skills Training, Psychotherapy for Medical Students, Research Training, Socialization, Summer Fellowships, Support, Women; Minorities; Moonlighting; Night Call; Neurology Training; Primary Care Training: Family Practice, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics; Psychoanalysis; Psychological Tests; Residents, Nonpsychiatric; Resident Education: Ambulatory C/L, AIDS, Child & Adolescent, Community Psychiatry, Consultation Psychiatry, Cross-Cultural Psychiatry, Emergency Psychiatry, Emotional Problems of Trainees, Ethics, Evaluation, Family systems, Forensic Psychiatry, Gender Issues, General, Geropsychiatry, Group Therapy, Impaired Resident, Inpatients, Interviewing, Literary Approaches, Neurosciences, PG-1 Internship, Primary Care, Professional Development, Psychopathology, Psychopharmacology, Psychotherapy, Recruitment, Research Training, Rotations, Sexuality/Sexual Orientation, Statistical Analysis, Substance Abuse, Supervision; Subspecialty Training: Child & Adolescent, Addiction Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatry, Geriatric Psychiatry; Suicide; Teaching by Psychiatric Residents; Teaching Methods; Workforce.

Call for Papers

International Column

The International Column of Academic Psychiatry is to be a regular feature, appearing in about half the issues each year. We invite all international authors or prospective international authors to communicate with us. All ideas are welcome. We would also be delighted to mentor authors in developing contributions that meet standards for publication.

We seek original papers that share various approaches and solutions to common issues in psychiatric education, present new ideas about psychiatric education, and describe systems of physician education in general, and psychiatric training in particular, across different cultures.

These papers are peer reviewed and are encouraged to be evidence-based, educational, creative, innovative, or exploratory. They should be approximately 2,500 words, including references.

For submissions of ideas or manuscripts, please contact Associate Editor Richard Balon, M.D, at rbalon@wayne.edu.

Media Column

The Media Column of Academic Psychiatry is a regular feature. Year-round, we seek original papers regarding the relationship between media  - both print and electronic - and psychiatry. Many of our previous papers have focused on media in psychiatric education, the impact of media on mental health and illness, how mental illness and psychiatry are portrayed in media, and how media may be used for public education, among other topics. These papers are peer reviewed and are encouraged to be evidence-based, educational, creative, innovative, or exploratory. They should be approximately 2,500 words, including references.

For submissions of ideas or manuscripts, please contact Associate Editor Gene Beresin, M.D., at eberesin@partners.org.