European Psychiatry

European Psychiatry (abbreviated as Eur. Psychiatry) is the official journal of the European Psychiatric Association, published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of that association. It is a peer-reviewed journal in psychiatry, mental health, behavioural science and neuroscience, founded in 1986 and fully open access since 2020, with a 2025 impact factor of 7.9.European Psychiatry（常用缩写 Eur. Psychiatry）是欧洲精神医学协会的官方刊物，由剑桥大学出版社代表该协会出版，是精神病学、精神卫生、行为科学与神经科学领域的同行评审期刊，创刊于 1986 年，2020 年起转为完全开放获取，2025 年影响因子为 7.9。^[1]

Scope

The journal aims to provide state-of-the-art research and policy updates and to stimulate discussion and debate amongst clinicians, research scientists and patient advocates in psychiatry, mental health, behavioural science and neuroscience. It publishes original research in pre-clinical and clinical scientific fields investigating the aetiology, pathophysiology and treatment of major psychiatric disorders.该刊以提供前沿研究与政策动态为目的，力求在精神科医师、研究科学家与患者倡导者之间激发讨论与辩论，覆盖临床与临床前期研究领域对主要精神障碍的病因、病理机制与治疗所作的探索。

• Clinical and translational research: original work on the aetiology, pathophysiology and treatment of psychiatric disorders at both the clinical and pre-clinical level.临床与转化研究： 刊发关于精神障碍病因、病理机制与治疗方案的原创研究，覆盖临床与临床前期两个层面。
• Diagnosis and treatment: new developments in diagnosis and treatment across mental health, together with advances in the biological underpinnings of mental, behavioural and cognitive function in clinical and general population samples.诊断与治疗新进展： 关注精神卫生领域诊断与治疗上的新方法，以及对各类人群样本中心理、行为与认知功能生物学基础的新认识。
• Policy and services: work on mental health policy and the organisation of services, written for clinicians and policy-makers alike.政策与服务： 发表精神卫生政策与服务组织方面的研究，供临床与决策者参考。
• Congress and society reporting: abstracts and special content from the Association's congresses, serving as a communication channel to members.会议与学会活动： 刊发欧洲精神医学协会各大会的摘要与专题内容，充当协会与会员之间的沟通渠道。

The journal is fully open access, so all articles are free to read, with article processing charges paid by authors or their institutions and reduced rates for association members. Manuscripts are submitted through a third-party online submission system.出版模型为完全开放获取，全部文章对读者免费开放，文章处理费由作者或所属机构支付，协会会员另有优惠；稿件通过第三方在线投稿系统提交。^[2]

History

• 1986: the journal was created, initially continuing the content and volume sequence of Psychiatry and Psychobiology, with the print edition beginning in 1991 with volume 6 number 1.1986年： 期刊创建，最初承袭 Psychiatry and Psychobiology 的内容与卷号，纸本自 1991 年第 6 卷第 1 期起出版。
• The 1990s: publication continued under the title European Psychiatry, accompanied by a Spanish-language edition, European Psychiatry Edicion Espanola, which ran until 2009.1990年代： 改以 European Psychiatry 之名出版，并另出西班牙语版本 European Psychiatry Edicion Espanola，两版并存延续至 2009 年。
• 1988 to 2019: the publisher was an Elsevier imprint, with the journal appearing eight times a year and carrying dedicated content on mental health policy and service systems in its earlier years.1988年至2019年： 出版方为爱思唯尔旗下出版机构，刊期长期维持在每年八期，早期内容包括精神卫生政策与服务体系专论。
• 2020 to present: the journal moved to Cambridge University Press, published on behalf of the Association, and simultaneously converted to fully open access, with the Press's transformative open access agreements further reducing publication costs for authors and institutions.2020年至今： 转由剑桥大学出版社代表欧洲精神医学协会出版，同步改为完全开放获取，并通过剑桥的转型开放获取协议进一步降低作者与机构的发表成本。

Editors

The journal has two Editors-in-Chief, an editorial board of seven members and a dedicated editorial office located at the Association's headquarters in Strasbourg, France. Manuscripts are received through an online submission system.该刊设两位共同主编，另配七人编委与专职编辑部，编辑部设于欧洲精神医学协会位于法国斯特拉斯堡的行政总部，稿件由在线投稿系统接收。

• Editors-in-Chief: Sophia Frangou, MD, PhD, FRCPsych, is Professor of Psychiatry at the University of British Columbia. Umberto Volpe, MD, PhD, chairs the Unit of Clinical Psychiatry and directs the School of Specialization in Psychiatry at Università Politecnica delle Marche in Italy.共同主编： Sophia Frangou 为医学博士、哲学博士及英国皇家精神科医学院院士，任不列颠哥伦比亚大学精神病学教授；Umberto Volpe 为医学博士、哲学博士，任意大利马尔凯 Polytechnic 临床精神病学教研室主任及精神病学专科学校校长。
• Editorial board: members are based at Université de Rouen Normandie in France, the University Psychiatric Hospital Campus Duffel and the University of Antwerp in Belgium, University College London and Brunel University in the United Kingdom, the University of Edinburgh, the University of Manchester, and Zagreb School of Medicine and Zagreb University Hospital Centre in Croatia.编委构成： 编委分别任职于法国鲁昂诺曼底大学、比利时安特卫普大学与杜弗尔大学校医院、英国伦敦大学学院与布伦讷尔大学、爱丁堡大学、曼彻斯特大学以及克罗地亚萨格勒布大学医学院与萨格勒布大学医院中心。
• Founding Editors: the founding editors were P. Boyer, J.D. Guelfi and Y. Lebrubier, all based in Paris, France.创刊编辑： 该刊的创刊编辑为 P. Boyer、J.D. Guelfi 与 Y. Lebrubier，三人均在法国巴黎任职。
• Editorial process: manuscripts are submitted through the online submission system and undergo peer review, with acceptance decided jointly by the two Editors-in-Chief. Association members receive preferential rates for article processing charges.编辑流程： 稿件经在线投稿系统提交后进入同行评审流程，两位共同主编共同把关录用决定，协会会员在文章处理费上享有优惠。^[3]