The ''Indian Journal of Psychiatry'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed open access medical journal. It is published by

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on behalf of the

Indian Psychiatric Society The Indian Psychiatric Society (IPS) is the main professional organization of psychiatrists in India. It was founded in 1929 under the banner of the Royal Medico Psychological Association. Its current president is Dr. N.N. Raju. Founding The o ...

. It covers research in all fields of

psychiatry Psychiatry is the specialty (medicine), medical specialty devoted to the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of mental disorders. These include various maladaptations related to mood, behaviour, cognition, and perceptions. See glossary of psych ...

. Each year, the April issue is accompanied by a supplement that contains the

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of presentations at the annual meeting of the society.

History

The journal was established in 1949 as the ''Indian Journal of Neurology and Psychiatry'' and obtained its present name in 1958. The

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is T. S. Sathyanarayana Rao ( Jagadguru Sri Shivarathreeshwara University). The following persons have been editors-in-chief:

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in

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, EBSCO databases,

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, IndMed, and InfoTrac.

Retraction

In 2016, the journal retracted a 2013 supplementary paper because it plagiarized a Wikipedia article.

References

External links

* {{Mental Health in India Psychiatry journals Open access journals Publications established in 1949 Medknow Publications academic journals English-language journals Quarterly journals Mental health in India Academic journals associated with learned and professional societies of India