International Journal of Psychiatric Practice

ISSN: 3069-2113 | Chief Editor: Prof. Marcelo Ferreira

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About the Journal

International Journal of Psychiatric Practice (IJPP) is a peer-reviewed, open access journal dedicated to the clinical work of frontline psychiatrists & advancement of clinical knowledge, research, and evidence-based practice in the field of psychiatry and mental health. The journal serves as a global platform for psychiatrists, psychologists, mental health professionals, and researchers to share innovative findings, therapeutic practices, and policy-related insights that contribute to improved patient care and outcomes in psychiatric settings.

 

This journal encompasses a broad spectrum of topics, including:

  • Unusual clinical cases,
  • General and clinical psychiatry,
  • Psychopathology and personality assessment,
  • Cognitive evaluation,
  • Psychopharmacology,
  • Various approaches to psychotherapy,
  • Applied social psychiatry,
  • Liaison psychiatry and psychosomatic medicine,
  • Eating disorders,
  • Personality disorders,
  • Addiction and substance use disorders,
  • Child and adolescent psychiatry,
  • Geriatric psychiatry,
  • Neuropsychology and neuropsychiatry,
  • Learning disorders and neurodevelopmental conditions,
  • Psychotherapy approaches,
  • Global mental health and community psychiatry.

The journal welcomes original research articles, clinical case reports, reviews, and theoretical contributions that bridge psychiatry, psychology, neuroscience, and therapeutic practice. It aims to foster a pluralistic and integrative dialogue among mental health professionals, emphasizing both scientific rigor and real-world clinical relevance & the journal emphasizes practical applications of research and fosters interdisciplinary collaboration across various healthcare systems and cultural settings. With a commitment to academic excellence and open access, IJPP ensures rapid publication and global dissemination of high-quality psychiatric knowledge.

1299$

Article Publishing Charge

2-3 days

Time to First Decision

15-18 days

Review Time

25-35 days

Submission to Acceptance

2.05

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Research Article
12 Sep 2025 Psychiatry

Recovery Houses for Drug Dependents: Disguised Prisons, Absence of Psychiatrists, and Emerging Social Exclusion

Authors: Paula Paiva, Marcelo Caixeta, Danilo Guerra

Review Article
21 Nov 2025 Psychology

Nutrition for the Maintenance of Psychological Health

Authors: Smita Guha, Ashok Chakraborty, Simran Basu

Research Article
15 Aug 2025 Psychiatry

Language, Experience, and Autism: Understanding Popular Sayings and the Limits of Symbolic Empathy. Neurolinguistics. Therapeutically Relevant Neurolinguistic Processes

Authors: Aderrone Mendes, Marcelo Caixeta

Review Article
21 Aug 2025 Psychology, Psychiatry, Neurology

Distinctions Between Cerebral and Mental, Neurological and Psychiatric: An Analysis of Causality and Freedom

Authors: Daniela Murta, Valéria Borges, Dalva Medeiros, Marcelo Caixeta, Ester Borges, Danilo Guerra, Álvaro Vieira, Aderrone Mendes, Isabela Sarmento, Paula Paiva, Pedro Tavares, Vívian Pereira, Janaina de Faria, Josimar Silva

Research Article
11 Sep 2025 Psychiatry

New Investigations and Findings in the Pathophysiology, Psychopathology, Pharmacotherapy, and Psychotherapy of Psychopathy

Authors: Ciro Vargas, Victor Melo, Cedric Melo, Marcelo Caixeta

Research Article
20 Aug 2025 Psychiatry

The Role of Mirror Neurons and Affective-Sensory-Motor Synchrony Between Mother and Baby in the Pathophysiology of Some Forms of Developmental Dysphasia in Children

Authors: Dalva Medeiros, Daniela Murta, Danilo Guerra, Paula Paiva, Vívian Pereira, Marcelo Caixeta, Samuel Ribeiro, Pedro Tavares

Review Article
21 Aug 2025 Social Psychology

Psychiatric-Social Analysis of Statism and the Popular Culture of State Dependence in Brazil

Authors: Marcelo Caixeta

Review Article
11 Sep 2025 Neuropsychiatry

Unipolar Versus Bipolar Depression. Clinical-Phenomenological Approach

Authors: Ester Borges, Dalva Medeiros, Paula Paiva, Danilo Guerra, Marcelo Caixeta, Isabela Sarmento, Valéria Borges, Janaina de Faria

Research Article
15 Aug 2025 Neurology, Psychiatry

Parietal Cognitive Disorders and Hyperactivity: Seriation, Dyscalculia, Dysphasia, Recursivity, and Digital Agnosia as the Core of a Common Psychopathology

Authors: Marcelo Caixeta, Valéria Borges

Review Article
20 Aug 2025 Psychiatry

Psychiatric Contributions to Foundations of Truth, Consciousness, and Artificial Intelligence: from Frege to Searle, from Causal Coupling to Cosmic Evolution

Authors: Marcelo Caixeta

Research Article
20 Aug 2025 Neuropsychiatry

Praxis Modulates Syntax and Lexicon and Consequently the Symbolic Formatting of Concepts, Judgments, and Reasonings

Authors: Paula Paiva, Pedro Tavares, Vívian Pereira, Aderrone Mendes, Marcelo Caixeta, Valéria Borges, Álvaro Vieira, Ester Borges, Josimar Silva, Dalva Medeiros, Luiz Costa, Danilo Guerra, Janaina de Faria, Daniela Murta, Isabela Sarmento, Samuel Ribeiro

Research Article
15 Aug 2025 Psychiatry

Factitious Disorder: Psychopathology, Psychometrics, Psychotherapy, Pharmacotherapy

Authors: Marcelo Caixeta, Dalva Lorrane, Álvaro Vieira

Research Article
20 Aug 2025 Psychiatry, Psychology, Anxiety, ADHD

Psychopathology of the Syndrome Grouping Hyperactivity, Anxiety, Self-Mutilation, Borderline Personality, Refractory Depression, High Propensity for Suicide. Role of Mirror Neurons and Hormonal and Catecholaminergic Dysregulation in Pathophysiology

Authors: Valéria Borges, Vívian Pereira, Josimar Silva, Aderrone Mendes, Ester Borges, Samuel Ribeiro, Álvaro Vieira, Luiz Costa, Paula Paiva, Daniela Murta, Marcelo Caixeta, Danilo Guerra, Dalva Medeiros, Álvaro Vieira, Janaina de Faria, Pedro Tavares, Isabela Sarmento

Review Article
11 Sep 2025 Psychiatry

Towards Explicit and Practical Criteria for Psychiatric Hospitalization: A Clinical, Legal, and Forensic Need

Authors: Marcelo Caixeta

Research Article
16 Aug 2025 Neuropsychiatry

The Origin of Language, Concept Formation, and the Volitional Ego as Language: A Psychiatric and Developmental Approach

Authors: Marcelo Caixeta

Review Article
05 Sep 2025 Neuropsychiatry

Dopamine Systems and GABA Receptor: An update

Authors: Lester Raymundo Dominguez Huarcaya

Review Article
12 Sep 2025 Psychiatry

Cognitive Psychiatry and the Ontological Proof: How Gnosopraxias Remodel Grammar, Logic, and the Concept of the Supreme Being in Kant, Spinoza, and Hegel

Authors: Isabela Sarmento, Marcelo Caixeta, Dalva Medeiros, Ester Borges

Research Article
12 Sep 2025 Psychiatry

Insoluble Contemporary Problems in the Training of Psychiatrists: Influence of Culture, Society, Economy, Politics, and the Spirit of the Times

Authors: Marcelo Caixeta

Review Article
16 Aug 2025 null

Haloperidol in Personality Disorders: Clinical, Psychodynamic, and Pharmacological Reflections

Authors: Marcelo Caixeta

Review Article
15 Aug 2025 Psychiatry

Psychiatry is shifting paradigms, including questioning diagnoses, but "official science" finds it difficult to keep up. Studying the causes of this.

Authors: Marcelo Caixeta

Research Article
20 Aug 2025 Psychiatry, Cognition

Psychiatry of the Duality of the Self ("Sensible Self," "Cognitive Self") and the Logical-Moral, Mind-Brain, Matter-Principles Relationship: Kant, Spinoza, Vygotsky, Frege. Treatment of Paraphilias, Addictions, and Impulse Control Disorders.

Authors: Marcelo Caixeta

Review Article
11 Sep 2025 Psychology

The Serious Ethical and Scientific Problems of Current Medical Practice and How Psychological Medicine, in a Reformulated Concept, Can Address Them

Authors: Paula Paiva, Valéria Borges, Danilo Guerra, Paula Paiva, Josimar Silva, Aderrone Mendes, Ester Borges, Samuel Ribeiro, Daniela Murta, Álvaro Vieira, Isabela Sarmento, Janaina de Faria, Pedro Tavares, Marcelo Caixeta, Luiz Costa, Dalva Medeiros, Vívian Pereira

Review Article
11 Sep 2025 Psychiatry

The Limits of Psychopharmacotherapy: Philosophical, Clinical, and Pedagogical Reflections

Authors: Marcelo Caixeta

Research Article
15 Aug 2025 Neuropsychology, Psychaitry

Although Neuropsychology Partly Emerged from the Work of Psychiatrists, Why Have Psychiatrists Been Excluded from Neuropsychology? A Historical Observation and Critical Remarks

Authors: Luiz Costa, Marcelo Caixeta*

Research Article
16 Aug 2025 Psychiatry

A Psychiatric Review of Figurative and Experiential Aspects of Memory, with Applications to Autism

Authors: Marcelo Caixeta

Research Article
20 Aug 2025 Psychiatry

Existential Deepening as New and Necessary Psychotherapeutic Pathway in Psychiatry

Authors: Ester Borges, Marcelo Caixeta, Janaína Faria

Research Article
15 Aug 2025 Addiction, Psychiatry, Therapeutic

Excess Energy, Anxiety, Refractory Depression, and Addictive Behaviors in Adolescents with a History of Childhood Hyperactivity: Therapeutic Difficulties and Psychodynamic Impasses

Authors: Marcelo Caixeta, Isabela Sarmento

Research Article
15 Aug 2025 Neuropsychology, Psychaitry

Haloperidol for Refractory Depressions: Clinical and Neurobiological Review

Authors: Marcelo Caixeta

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