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Reaching Out from Europe to the Globe: The International Journal of Psychiatric Trainees

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 August 2024

F. Santos Martins*
Affiliation:
1Department of Psychiatry, Centro Hospitalar Universitário S. João (CHUSJ) 2CINTESIS 3Neurosciences and Mental Health Department, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto (FMUP), Porto, Portugal
D. Cavaleri
Affiliation:
4Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca , Monza, Italy
D. Zani
Affiliation:
5Psychiatry, Psychiatric Services Grisons, Chur, Switzerland
L. Tomašić
Affiliation:
6University Psychiatric Hospital Vrapče, Zagreb, Croatia
A. Kibitov
Affiliation:
7-, -, Russian Federation
J. King
Affiliation:
8Psychiatry Division, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
K. Markin
Affiliation:
9Kirov Military Medical Academy, -, Russian Federation
J. Sprengens
Affiliation:
10UMC Utrecht Brain Centre, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
H. Ryland
Affiliation:
11Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust 12NIHR Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre 13Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford
L. Stirland
Affiliation:
14University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh
A. Seker
Affiliation:
15Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London 16South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

The European Journal of Psychiatric Trainees was founded in 2022 as the official journal of the European Federation of Psychiatric Trainees (EFPT) to offer a peer-reviewed open-access scientific journal with minimal article processing charges. The journal is edited by trainees and early career psychiatrists and published its first issue in July 2023. The journal aims to facilitate publishing experience and opportunities for trainees. To reflect the global identity and inclusivity of psychiatric research, the journal changed its name in 2023 to become the International Journal of Psychiatric Trainees.

Objectives

To present the International Journal of Psychiatric Trainees, the successor of the European Journal of Psychiatric Trainees, and other practical aspects related to the article submission.

Methods

We will reflect on the International Journal of Psychiatric Trainees, focusing on what this name change will imply for the journal’s scope, mission and readership.

Results

Due to training programmes’ requirements or out of interest, psychiatric trainees are encouraged to conduct scientific research. However, several known barriers to scientific publishing exist, ranging from a lack of mentorship and supervision to limited scientific support. Like the European Journal of Psychiatric Trainees, the International Journal of Psychiatric Trainees continues to be an open-access, double-blind peer-reviewed journal with minimal/no publication fees that publishes original and innovative research as well as clinical, theory, perspective, and policy articles and reviews in the field of psychiatric training, psychiatry, and mental health.

Since the difficulties and needs in creating research output are not exclusive to European trainees, the journal will become more attractive to readers and authors from other countries while increasing the diversity of articles.

The first International Journal of Psychiatric Trainees issue will be dedicated to the 31st EFPT Forum with the theme “Trainee Mental Health”, containing articles reporting on the projects from National Psychiatric Trainee Associations looking into trainee mental health. Submissions for the regular edition remain open, and articles should be submitted through the manuscript submission platform (https://ijpt.scholasticahq.com)

Conclusions

The International Journal of Psychiatric Trainees aims to be an educative scientific journal for psychiatric trainees and other psychiatry and mental health researchers. The name change and its increased openness will help the authors reach a wider readership while the journal can feature a more comprehensive record of psychiatric research through its global scope.

Disclosure of Interest

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