The Actas Españolas de Psiquiatría is a bimonthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering psychiatry. It was established in 1940 and is published by the Fundación Juan José López-Ibor, which honors Spanish psychiatrist Juan José López-Ibor, who performed lobotomies and electroschock therapy on patients to "cure" homosexuality. The editor-in-chief is María I. López-Ibor.
History The journal was established in 1940, by Juan José López-Ibor but changed its name to Actas Españolas de Psiquiatría y Neurología the following year. The journal was renamed Actas Luso-Españolas de Psiquiatría y Neurología in 1944 and published in Lisbon. In the 1970s, y ciencias afines ("and related sciences") was added to the title. The journal regained its original name in 1998.
Abstracting and indexing The journal is abstracted and indexed in: Index Medicus/MEDLINE/PubMed Science Citation Index Expanded Scopus According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2021 impact factor of 1.681.
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