The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease is a monthly peer-reviewed psychiatry journal published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, founded in 1874 and among the world's oldest scientific monthlies in the study of human behaviour, with a 2025 impact factor of 1.5（The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease）是由（Lippincott Williams & Wilkins）出版的同行评议月刊，1874 年创办，是世界上研究人类行为最早的科学月刊之一，2025 年影响因子为 1.5。

Scope

• The epidemiology and aetiology of diseases encountered in clinical practice临床实践中所遇疾病的流行病学与病因学。
• Psychopathology and diagnosis across psychiatric and neurological practice横跨精神科与神经科实践的精神病理学与诊断。
• Therapy and the outcome of illness, as studied in clinical populations在临床群体中研究的治疗与疾病转归。
• Findings with cross-cultural applicability, which the journal especially welcomes具有跨文化适用性的研究成果，为该刊尤为欢迎。
• The clinical and scientific study of nervous system function and disorder神经系统功能与障碍的临床与科学研究。

History

• Founded in 1874 in Chicago as an educational journal of neuropsychiatry, making it one of the oldest periodicals in its field1874 年在（Chicago）创刊，是一份神经精神病学教育期刊，为其领域最古老的刊物之一。
• Its founding editor was J. S. Jewell, who guided the journal from 1874 to 1881首任主编为 J. S. Jewell，自 1874 年主持该刊至 1881 年。
• From 1876 it published the proceedings of the American Neurological Association, serving as an organ of that society until 1919自 1876 年起刊载（American Neurological Association）的会议录，并在 1919 年前作为该学会的刊物。
• Issued by the Psychiatric Institute of the University of Maryland from 1958, it is now published monthly by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins with a 2025 impact factor of 1.51958 年起由（University of Maryland）精神病学研究所主办，现由（Lippincott Williams & Wilkins）按月出版，2025 年影响因子为 1.5。

Editors

• The Editor-in-Chief is Kimberly Yonkers, M.D., of Yale University, a specialist in psychiatric epidemiology主编为（Yale University）的 Kimberly Yonkers 医学博士，专长精神科流行病学。
• The journal was earlier edited by John A. Talbott of the University of Maryland School of Medicine该刊此前由（University of Maryland School of Medicine）的 John A. Talbott 主编。
• Manuscripts are peer reviewed, and studies with cross-cultural applicability are invited稿件实行同行评审，并欢迎具有跨文化适用性的研究。
• Its readership includes psychiatrists, neurologists and behavioural scientists其读者包括精神科医师、神经科医师与行为科学家。