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From the Issue 35(2);2009, Revista de Psiquiatria ClÃnica will adopt the Vancouver style for the references inclusion.
Please check item IV of Instruction to Authors for more details.
Review Process
PPapers, except invited reviews, will be evaluated by at least two external experts. The authors will be notified as soon as possible whether a contribution is accepted for publication in the form that it was submitted, acceptable after a revision (which, in general, will be reviewed again), or rejected.
Structure of the manuscripts
Original Papers:
Manuscripts should not exceed 4.000 words, a maximum number of six tables and/or figures and 30 references
I. Title page should include:
a) a concise and clear title;
b) names of the authors (first name, middle initials, and family name);
c) name and address of the Institution where the study was conducted;
d) the main affiliation of authors;
e) complete address of the corresponding author, including phone, fax, and e-mail.
II. An abstract of no more than 200 words should be provided in single paragraph format. Up to five relevant keywords should follow the abstract. Please refer to the Index Medicus for the designation of key-words. Abstracts must describe in brief the main strengths of the study. Structured abstracts are necessary, and should be presented as follows: Background (why is the study relevant?), Objectives (which hypotheses were tested?), Methods (how, and in what representative sample, was the study performed?), Results (the main findings) and Conclusions (how do the author interpret the data).
III. Main text: these five entries should also guide the structure of the manuscript, being Background and Objectives natural elements of the Introduction, which should contain a very brief review of the literature on the topic and the aims of the study. In the Methods section, the authors should describe the sample (including demographics), the instruments for diagnostic and clinical assessments, laboratory
procedures, statistical methods, etc.
IV. References cited in the text should be organized in the Vancouver style, ie., by placing the citation numbers in the text, each corresponding to consecutive arabic numbers allocated to the respective source as it is referred to for the first time. In the Reference list, authors' names, article title, journal name, and publication details should be included in order of citation in the text, according to the Vancouver style. Reference list should be double-spaced. Journal names should be abbreviated according to Index Medicus. For references with multiple authors please include the family name and initials for the first six followed by et al., otherwise all authors must be cited. Book chapters and journal papers should be cited as follows:
Journal papers:
Gattaz WF, Levy R, Cairns N, Maras A. Distúrbios do metabolismo de fosfolipÃdeos na doença de Alzheimer. J Bras Psiquiatr. 1996;45:345-9.
Book chapters:
Gattaz WF, Kohlmeyer K, Gasser T. Computed tomographic scans in schizophrenia. In: Häfner H, Gattaz WF, editors. Search for the Causes of Schizophrenia. Berlin: Springer Verlag; 1990. p. 242-56.
For additional details on the format of references, please refer to www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/uniform_requirements.html.
V. Tables: Tables should be consecutively numbered with Arabic numbers in the text, and presented in separate pages after the Reference List.
VI. Figures: Figures should restricted both in number and size to the strictly necessary in order to clarify the text contents. Figures should be consecutively numbered in the text. Color illustrations are accepted, but additional costs will be forwarded to authors.
VII. Legends: Each table and figure should include a legend with the necessary information for its thorough understanding. For that purpose, a short title followed by a concise explanation of the table or figure is encouraged. However, legends should not replicate contents in the text. Abbreviations and symbols that appear in tables or figures should be referred to, even though already cited in the text.
VIII. Patient photography: We do no encourage the publication of photography of patients. Whenever indispensable for the comprehension of the article, written informed consent must be signed by the patient or respective caregiver, and patient details must be removed from the illustration.
IX. Reprints can be requested at reduced cost after the acceptance of the paper for publication (please ask for pricing and details).
Reviews:
Reviews of the literature should contain at most 6.000 words, six tables or figures, and there are no limits for the references, although is recommended to include only the most important ones; in addition to abstract and five key-words. The main text should be structured in the following sections: Introduction (background and context), Methods (criteria used to select the body of references on which the review was based), Results (the main findings of the review), Discussion, Conclusions, Acknowledgements and References.
Case Reports
The purpose of this section is to discuss relevant clinical and theoretical aspects related to diagnosis and management of complex psychiatric syndromes. Submitted articles should follow general publication guidelines (i.e., submission details, format, citations, etc.), and should be structured with: Title, Abstract, Introduction, Case Report, Discussion, and References. The introduction should provide a brief review of the literature and point out the main issues regarding the case that will be presented.
The report itself should be brief and precise, and redundant or irrelevant information should be ruled out. Critical information elicited by the current case should be discussed in the light of available clinical and research knowledge on the subject.
Brief Updates
Consists in a brief presentation of a recently published important article on the field of knowledge. It shall include comments on methodological aspects, implications for clinical practice or for research. The text must contain a maximum of 800 words and up to four additional references (not included in the discussed paper).
New Perspectives in Research
Manuscript submissions for this section are welcome. The purpose of the section is to give up-to-date information on new and relatively unknown research areas which may impact future clinical practice. Manuscripts should not exceed 1500 words, up to 10 references, author(s) data and a title in both Portuguese and English.
Letters and Points of View
Letters and points of view are considered for publication provided they do not contain material submitted to other publications. The text must not exceed 1500 (one thousand and five hundred) words or have more than 10 references and 1 figure or table. Letters and points of view referring to published articles must be received within 6 (six) months of the article´s publication. Texts are subject to discretionary selection of the Editors.
Vignettes
This section publishes, on a resumed and less formal way, themes of general interesting for the Psychiatry, including clinical opinions, curiosities, aphorisms, and short descriptions made by patients (anonymous) or by physicians, and discussions about subjects that impact our culture and our society. The manuscripts must be sent to this Journal (revpsiq@usp.br), and should not exceed 6.000 words, in Word for Windows format. |
