Indian Journal of Behavioral Sciences (IJBS) is the official journal of the Indian Psychiatric Society Central Zonal Branch. It is published biannually. It is a comprehensive journal for mental health professionals, professionals of allied disciplines and mental health policy makers. Emerging knowledge of the highest quality in the field of clinical psychiatry, the latest developments of psychological interventions and recent developments in basic and clinical psychiatry are published in a timely and practical manner for clinical and professional use. The journal publishes peer reviewed original research articles; review articles; commentaries on significant articles; case reports, perspectives, view-points (opinions) and letters to the editor. All papers are peer-reviewed before publication. The journal provides immediate free access to all the published articles. The journal does not charge the authors for submission, processing or publication of the articles.

Target Audience: The target audiences of this issue are mental health professionals, professionals of allied disciplines and mental health policy makers.

 Dear Colleagues,

The Journal aims to attract people globally as a platform to address the various aspects of human behavior in an interdisciplinary perspective of behavioral sciences, focusing on Indian and South Asian audience.

Introduction

Indian Journal of Behavioral Sciences (IJBS) is the official journal of the Indian Psychiatric Society Central Zonal Branch. It is published biannually. It is a comprehensive journal for mental health professionals, professionals of allied disciplines and mental health policy makers. Emerging knowledge of the highest quality in the field of clinical psychology, the latest developments of psychological interventions are shared in a timely and practical manner for clinical and professional use. The journal publishes peer reviewed original research articles; review articles; commentaries on significant articles; case reports, perspectives, view-points (opinions) and letters to the editor. All papers are peer-reviewed before publication. The journal provides immediate free access to all the published articles. The journal does not charge the authors for submission, processing or publication of the articles.

Target Audience:

The target audience of this issue are mental health professionals, professionals of allied disciplines and mental health policy makers.

Submission Procedure:

All submission to be addressed to Editor in Chief. The submissions to be mailed at eicijbs@gmail.com

N.B :

Kindly include a Covering letter, title page [that includes – Type of article, Title of the article, list of Contributors, corresponding author’s details (Name, designation, Organization, E-mail, Contact number), Acknowledgement, Funding, Ethical statement] and completed conflict of interest form along with the manuscript, by downloading it from http://www.icmje.org/conflicts-of-interest/

Plagiarism Note:

Articles will be checked for plagiarism. Only Articles below 10% Similarity Score shall be accepted for Peer-Review.

Publication Fees:

There are no Submission or Acceptance fees for manuscripts submitted to this Journal.

All submission / correspondence should be directed to:

Editor in-Chief, Indian Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

E-mail: eicijbs@gmail.com

Article II. Referencing style: Vancouver Style Referencing

• References are listed in numerical order, and in the same order in which they are cited in text. The reference list appears at the end of the paper.
• Begin your reference list on a new page and title it’References’.
• The reference list should include all and only those references you have cited in the text. (However, do not include unpublished items such as correspondence.)
• Use Arabic numerals (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,9).
• Abbreviate journal titles in the style used in the NLMCatalog.
• Check the reference details against the actual source – you are indicating that you have read a source when you cite it.
• Be consistent with your referencing style across the document

Article III. Webpage for referencing style:

https://guides.lib.monash.edu/citing-referencing/vancouver