期刊名称：AFRICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
The journal's primary aim is the publication of review and CME papers, aimed at both primary care practitioners and specialist mental health care professionals.
Instructions to Authors
Author Guidelines
Material submitted for publication in the SAPR is accepted on condition that it meets the requirements of the editors. The management reserves the copyright of the material published. All authors must give consent to publication, and the SAPR does not hold itself responsible for statements made by contributors. The Journals primary aim is the publication of review and CME papers, aimed at both primary care practitioners and specialist mental health care professionals. Original research will be accepted for review; as will Case Reports and letters to the Editor. All material will be sent for peer review. Manuscript preparation 1. Copies should be neatly typewritten, with double spacing and wide margins. The manuscript should be submitted either on disk or by email, photocopies alone are not acceptable. A further copy of the manuscript should be retained by the author. 2. All abbreviations should be spelt out when first used in the text and thereafter used consistently. 3. Scientific measurements should be expressed in SI units throughout, with two exceptions: blood pressure should be given in mmHg and haemoglobin values in g/dl. 4. If in doubt, refer to “Uniform requirements for manuscripts submitted to biomedical journals (Br Med J 1991; 302:338- 341). 5. Authors initials & surname, qualifications (e.g. MBBCH), position, affiliation & correspondence address to be set out in full on title page of article. 6. All articles (review, original research etc) are to have an abstract , giving a brief succinct overview of the article. The abstract should reflect the essence of the paper and be not more than 150 words. For Original Research articles, the abstract should be structured as follows:- Objectives, Design, Setting, Subjects, Outcome measures, Results and Conclusions. 7. Original research papers should be structured as follows:- Abstract (as per point 6), Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusion and References (see References) Illustrations 1. Figures consist of all material which cannot be set in type, such as photographs and line drawings. (Tables are not included in this classification and should not be submitted as photographs.) Photographs should be glossy, unmounted prints. In no circumstances should original X-ray films be forwarded; glossy prints must be submitted. 2. Tables and legends for illustrations should be typed on separate sheets and should be clearly identified. Tables should carry Roman numerals, thus I, II, III, etc, and illustrations Arabic numerals, thus: 1, 2, 3, etc. 3. Figure numbers should be clearly marked on the back of prints, and the top of the illustration should be indicated. 4. Where identification of a patient is possible from a photograph the author must submit a consent to publication signed by the patient, or by the parent or guardian in the case of a minor. 5. If any tables or illustrations submitted have been published elsewhere, written consent to republication should be obtained by the author from the copyright holder and the author(s). References 1. References should be inserted at the end of the sentence, outside the full stop, as superior numbers, and should be listed at the end of the article in numerical order. Do not list them alphabetically . 2. It is the author's responsibility to verify references from the original sources. 3. References should be set out in the Vancouver style , and only approved abbreviations of journal titles should be used; consult the List of Journals Indexed in Index Medicus for these details. Names and initials of all authors should be given unless there are more than six, in which case the six names should be given followed by “et al”. First and last page numbers should be given. Journal references should appear as follows: a. Peter S. Acute hamstring injuries. Am J Sports Med 1994; 12(7):395-400. Book references should be set out as follows: a. Williams G. Textbook of Sports Medicine. 2nd Edition: Butterworth, 1989: 101-104. b. Vandermere P, Russel P. Biomechanics of the hip joint. In:Nordien PE. Jeffcoat A, eds, Clinical Biomechanics. Philadelphia: WB Saunders, 1990:472-479. 4. “Unpublished observations” and “personal communications” may be cited in the text, but not in the reference list. Manuscripts accepted but not yet published can be included as references followed by “(in press)”. All manuscripts and correspondence should be addressed to: Professor CP Szabo, In House Publications, PO Box 412748, Craighall, 2024, Johannesburg, South Africa or e-mail: inhouse@iafrica.com
Submission Preparation Checklist
As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
- The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
- The submission file is in Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format.
- Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
- The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
- The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.
- If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed.
Privacy Statement
The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.
Editorial Board
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Christopher P. Szabo Division of Psychiatry, Department of Neurosciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA. e-mail: cs000017@mweb.co.za ASSISTANT EDITORS Dan Stein, Stellenbosch, SOUTH AFRICA Merryll Vorster, Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA CONTRIBUTING EDITOR - NEUROLOGY Myles Connor, Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA EDITORIAL SECRETARY Trish Warner, Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA warner.t@minerva.med.wits.ac.za ASSOCIATE EDITORS Cliff Allwood, Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA Michael Berk, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA (Founding editor Journal of Depression and Anxiety) Robin Emsley, Stellenbosch, SOUTH AFRICA Brian Harvey, Potchefstroom, SOUTH AFRICA Sean Kaliski, Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA Dan Mkize, Durban, SOUTH AFRICA Herman Pretorius, Pretoria, SOUTH AFRICA Solly Rataemane, Pretoria, SOUTH AFRICA Brian Robertson, Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA Louw Roos, Pretoria, SOUTH AFRICA Cora Smith, Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA Mike Ewart Smith, Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA Caron Zlotnick, Providence, USA ADVISORY BOARD Christer Allgulander, Stockholm, SWEDEN Joseph R Calabrese, Cleveland, USA Peter Cleaton-Jones, Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA Jeremy Coplan, New York, USA Ian Hindmarch, Surrey, ENGLAND Trevor Hurwitz, Vancouver, CANADA Gabor Keitner, Providence, USA Brian Leonard, Galway, IRELAND Bernard Lerer, Jerusalem, ISRAEL Michael Maes, Maastricht, NETHERLANDS Donatella Marazziti, Pisa, ITALY Frank Njenga, Nairobi, KENYA Ahmed Okashsa, Cairo, EGYPT Povl Munk-Jorgensen, Aarhus, DENMARK Stephen Stahl, San Diego, USA Lars von Knorring, Uppsala, SWEDEN RESEARCH CONSULTANTS Mike Greyling, Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA Robert Kohn, Providence, USA Martin TerreBlanche, Pretoria, SOUTH AFRICA
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