We are happy to announce the winners of our RCPsych Publishing Prizes 2021 for our journals and books. Prizes are awarded to books and journal articles in the previous publication year (2020). The ‘Reviewer Recognition’ prize is also awarded for an outstanding contribution to peer review. Read all the award-winning articles and extracts from our Bestseller in the collection below.

The winners of the RCPsych Publishing 2021 prizes are:

The British Journal of Psychiatry

Editor’s Choice: Eleonora Iob

Article: Abuse, self-harm and suicidal ideation in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic

Most Downloaded – Rory O'Connor

Article: Mental health and wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic: longitudinal analyses of adults in the UK COVID-19 Mental Health Wellbeing study

Reviewer Recognition - James Kirkbride 

 

BJPsych Advances

Editor’s Choice – Dr Elizabeth Rose

Article: Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Maternal Mental Health

Most Downloaded – Dr Jacqueline Garland

Article: Borderline Personality Disorder: Assessment and diagnosis

Reviewer Recognition - Dr Susan Benbow

 

BJPsych Bulletin

Editor’s Choice – Dr Reena Panchal and Dr Alexander Jack

Article: The contagiousness of memes: containing the spread of COVID-19 conspiracy theories in a forensic psychiatric hospital

Most Downloaded – Dr Marcus Evans

Article: Freedom to think: the need for thorough assessment and treatment of gender dysphoric children

Reviewer Recognition - Dr Steve Pearce

Praxis Competition 2019 Winner – Dr Daniel Romeu

Article: Is climate change a mental health crisis?

 

BJPsych International

Editor’s Choice – Dr Marcus Tan, Dr William Lee,  Dr Takahiro Kato

Article: International experience of hikikomori (prolonged social withdrawal) and its relevance to psychiatric research

Most Downloaded – Prof Francesco Chirico, Prof Gabriella Nucera, Prof Nicola Magnavita

Article: Protecting the mental health of healthcare workers during the COVID-19 emergency

Reviewer Recognition - Dr Theodoros Bargiotas

 

BJPsych Open

Editor’s Choice - Cathryn Rodway

Article: Children and young people who die by suicide: childhood-related antecedents, gender differences and service contact

Most Downloaded - Mark Shevlin

Article: Anxiety, Depression, Traumatic Stress, and COVID-19 Related Anxiety in the UK General Population During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Reviewer Recognition - Steve Kisely

 

RCPsych Books

Bestseller – Intelligent Kindness by John Ballatt, Penelope Campling and Chris Maloney

Reviewer Recognition – Joel Paris