Title: Science and the Psychiatric Publishing Industry.
Authors: McLaren, Niall
Abstract: Objective: An empirical examination of the scientific status of psychiatry. Method and Results: Analysis of the publications policy of the major English-language psychiatric journals shows that no journal meets the minimum criteria for a scientific publishing policy. Conclusion: Psychiatry lacks the fundamental elements of any field claiming to be a science. Furthermore, its present policies are likely to inhibit scientific development of models of mental disorder rather than facilitate them. The psychiatric publishing industry is in urgent need of radical reform.
Subjects: PSYCHIATRY periodicals; SCIENCE publishing; PUBLISHING; MENTAL illness; SCHOLARLY publishing
Publication: Ethical Human Psychology & Psychiatry, 2009, Vol 11, Issue 1, p29
ISSN: 1559-4343
Publication type: Academic Journal
DOI: 10.1891/1559-4343.11.1.29

Science and the Psychiatric Publishing Industry.

McLaren, Niall