Founded in 1961 to report on the latest work in psychiatry and cognate disciplines, the Journal of Psychiatric Research is dedicated to innovative and timely studies of four important areas of research:

(1) Clinical studies of all disciplines relating to psychiatric illness, as well as normal human behaviour, including biochemical, physiological, genetic, environmental, social, psychological and epidemiological factors;

(2) Basic studies pertaining to psychiatry in such fields as neuropsychopharmacology, neuroendocrinology, electrophysiology, genetics, experimental psychology and epidemiology;

(3) The growing application of clinical laboratory techniques in psychiatry, including imagery and spectroscopy of the brain, molecular biology and computer sciences;

(4) Advances in basic and clinical research methodology, including the process of "bench-to-bedside" transfer of new research findings.

The Editors-in-Chief will accept papers of high scientific caliber, if necessary after appropriate revision, and will aim for their rapid publication. In addition, the Journal will be enhanced by the inclusion of commissioned reviews, news items, book notices and letters to the Editors.

Original articles
Short communications
Review articles
Letters to the Editor

Editors-in-Chief
Florian Holsboer
Max-Planck-Institute for Psychiatry, 80804, Munchen, Germany
Alan Schatzberg, MD
Stanford University Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, 401 Quarry Road, Palo Alto, California, 94304-1290, United States
Assistant Editors
Charles DeBattista
Stanford University Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, 401 Quarry Road, Palo Alto, California, 94304-1290, United States
Marcus Ising
Max-Planck-Institute for Psychiatry, 80804, Munchen, Germany
Managing Editors
Anna-Maria Proebstl
Munchen, Germany Email Anna-Maria Proebstl
Rebecca Wyse
Palo Alto, California, United States Email Rebecca Wyse
Editorial Board
H. Akil, PhD
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
R.H. Belmaker
Be'er Sheva, Israel
M. Berger
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
M. Berk
Geelong, Victoria, Australia
D.L. Braff, MD
San Diego, CA, United States
W.E. Bunney
Irvine, CA, United States
E. Coccaro
Chicago, Illinois, United States
J.T. Coyle
Belmont, Massachusetts, United States
K. Domschke
Freiburg, Germany
E. Frank
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
G.M. Goodwin
Oxford, United Kingdom
J.E. Grant
Minneapolis, MN, United States
G. Griebel
Chilly Mazarin, France
S.M. Guinjoan, MD, PhD
Buenos Aires, Argentina
A. Halaris
Maywood, Illinois, United States
P.D. Harvey, PhD
Miami, Florida, United States
I. Heuser, MD, PhD
Berlin, Germany
T. Higuchi
Ichikawa, India
E. Holsboer-Trachsler
Basel, Switzerland
M. Joels
Groningen, Netherlands
N.H. Kalin, MD
Madison, Wisconsin, United States
F. Kapczinski
Porto Alegre, Brazil
J.L. Kennedy, MD, PhD
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
R. de Kloet
Leiden, The Netherlands
H.C. Kraemer
Palo Alto, California, United States
J.C. Krieg
Marburg, Germany
H. Kunugi
Tokyo, Japan
S. Kutcher
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
J. A. Lieberman, MD
New York, New York, United States
J. Lock
W. Maier
Bonn, Germany
B. Mason
La Jolla, California, United States
A.A. Mathé
Stockholm, Sweden
C.B. Nemeroff, MD, PhD
Austin, Texas, United States
D.J. Nutt
London, United Kingdom
R. O'Hara
Palo Alto, California, United States
R. Perlis
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
R.M. Post
Bethesda, Maryland, United States
J.L. Rapoport, MD
Bethesda, Maryland, United States
N. Rasgon
Palo Alto, California, United States
A.L. Reiss
Stanford, California, United States
A.L. Rodrigues
Florianópolis, Brazil
R. Rupprecht
Regensburg, Germany
C. Sandi, PhD
Lausanne, Switzerland
M.A. Schuckit
San Diego, California, United States
E. Seifritz
Zürich, Switzerland
M.E. Thase
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
M. H. Trivedi, M.D.
Dallas, Texas, United States
S.J. Watson
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
L.M. Williams, PhD
Palo Alto, California, United States
Y.-T. Xiang
Macau, China
R. Yehuda
New York, New York, United States
M. Zimmerman
Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Emeritus Editor
Dr. J.F. Greden