Psychiatric Clinics of North America is a quarterly peer-reviewed medical journal covering psychiatry and patient management. It was established in 1978 and is published by Elsevier. The current editor of the journal is Harsh Trivedi.
Publishing and editorship
The journal is indexed in Index Medicus, MEDLINE, and PubMed from 1981 onwards.
Among the first major publishing projects, in the wake of the launch of the journal, was a series of symposiums on chosen subjects in the field of psychiatry. Each volume was assigned to an editor. In 1978 the journal published a symposium on obesity under the editorship of Albert J. Stunkard.Hirsch, J. Book review: The Psychiatric Clinics of North America, Vol.1, Number 3 (Symposioum on Obesity; Basic Mechanism and Treatment.) Psychosomatic Medicine, August 1979, Volume 41, Issue 5, ppg 395-396. In 1979 the journal published a second volume in liaison psychiatry, under the editorship of Chase Patterson Kimball.Pasnau, R.O. Book review: The Psychiatric Clinics of North America, Vol.2, Number 2 (Symposium on Liaison Psychiatry 8/1979.) Psychosomatic Medicine, October 1981, Volume 43, Issue 5, ppg 455-456
This trend in publishing continued in the 1980s. 1980 saw the release of volume 3 in the symposium on sexuality, under the editorship of Jon K. Meyer,Myerson, P. Book review: The Psychiatric Clinics Of North America, Vol. Iii: Symposium On Sexuality. Journal of the American Psychoanalytical Association, Volume: 31 issue: 1, page(s): 286-289, February 1, 1983 and in 1981 followed a volume on borderline disorders, edited by Michael H. Stone.Symposium on Borderline Disorders, Edited by Michael H. Stone. Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 4, Issue 1, Pages 1-198 (April 1981)
In 1984 the journal published a symposium on multiple personality under the editorship of Bennett G. Braun,Werman, D. S. Book Review: The Psychiatric Clinics of North America: Symposium on Multiple Personality. Journal of the American Psychoanalytical Association, Volume: 35 issue: 3, page(s): 771-776, June 1, 1987 and the following year saw the publication of two volumes, first a symposium on Self-Destructive Behavior, edited by Alec Roy,Symposium on Self-Destructive Behavior, Edited by Alec Roy. Psychiatric Clinics of North America, Volume 8, Issue 2, Pages 181-407 (June 1985) then a volume on Child Psychiatry, edited by J.H Beitchman.Symposium on Child Psychiatry, Edited by J.H Beitchman. Psychiatric Clinics of North America, Volume 8, Issue 4, Pages 621-980 (December 1985)
References
External links
Journal page at publisher's website