Philosophy, Psychiatry & Psychology

Author Guidelines

Editorial Statement

Philosophy, Psychiatry, & Psychology (PPP) focuses on the area of overlap between philosophy and abnormal psychology and psychiatry. PPP seeks to: (a) enhance the effectiveness of psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, and other mental health care workers as practitioners, teachers, and researchers by illuminating the philosophical issues embedded in these activities; and (b) advance philosophical theory by making the phenomena of psychiatry and clinical psychology more accessible to philosophers. The Editors seek original contributions of a conceptual, empirical, or historical nature. In addition to manuscripts from its core disciplines of philosophy, psychiatry, and abnormal psychology, PPP welcomes pertinent contributions from related fields such as general medicine, neuroscience, social science, anthropology, nursing, law, and theology. Occasionally, the journal publishes a "philosophical case conference" on a particular problem in clinical practice.

Guidelines for Authors
General. Articles in PPP are typically presented in five formats: Main Articles, Commentaries, Responses to Commentaries, Reviews, and Key Concepts. PPP does not publish Letters to the Editor nor book reviews. Main Articles are typically 3,000 to 7,000 words, but longer papers will be considered, provided they are appropriate to the focus of PPP and the additional length is justifiable in the view of the editors and reviewers. Special instructions for the remaining article formats follow below. Because PPP is a cross-disciplinary journal, it is especially important to adopt a style that is user-friendly, in particular: (a) a title/subtitle that signals what the paper is about, (b) an initial abstract, (c) a clear paragraph structure, (d) use of subheadings as signposts to the discussion, and (e) a conclusion section that summarizes the main points of the paper and indicates future directions but avoids introducing new material. Technical terms should be avoided if possible. When employed, they should be clearly defined or illustrated. Authors should assume the reader’s background knowledge of philosophy, psychiatry, and psychology to be comparable to that of a well-educated college graduate or equivalent degree. For updates and sample articles, see: http://www. press.jhu.edu/journals/philosophy_psychiatry_and_psychology/

Copyright & Permissions Information.
Manuscripts are accepted on the understanding that they are original and not under simultaneous consideration by any other publication. Publication is entirely at the discretion of the Editors, and all manuscripts are subject to expert refereeing on an anonymous basis. The Johns Hopkins University Press requires the assignment of copyright to the Press on acceptance of the paper for publication. Authors must obtain any necessary permissions for extensive quotations, tables, illustrations, or any other copyrighted material before a paper can be published. Occasionally PPP will consider English translations of classic papers in the interdiscipline. In these cases authors are responsible for obtaining copyright permissions.

Manuscript Preparation and Formatting
The editors reserve to right to return to authors, without peer review, improperly formatted manuscripts. Manuscripts should be double-spaced throughout with generous (1 inch) margins, printed on one side only. Placement of page numbers should be bottom center, with the title page as page 1. Please number all pages sequentially. Prepare your manuscript in a plain fashion-avoid righthand flush margins and word-processing codes. Use a plain-text typeface or font (e.g., Times or Courier). Font sizes should be uniform throughout, and preferably in 12 point size. Do not use word-processing style sheets. Do not submit manuscripts with coding from bibliographic software like EndNote and Reference Manager. All characters to appear in the journal article proper should be visible in the manuscript. If you are using A4 (European) paper, leave two inches blank at the bottom to facilitate photocopying onto 8-1/2 x 11" paper. Indent new paragraphs rather than putting extra line space between them, and differentiate major and minor headings. Any illustrations, figures, or tables should be on separate sheets at the end of the paper but keyed in the text: . Use American spelling. Footnotes are not permitted. Endnotes are permissible but should be kept to a minimum, preferably none but no more than 5-8. Endnotes and references should go at the end of the paper, doublespaced. The alphabetized reference list should be titled "References" with entries in the following format:

Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 1993. 509 U.S. 579.

Jackson, M., and K. W. M. Fulford. 1997. Spiritual experience and psychopathology. Philosophy,

Psychiatry, & Psychology 4, no. 1:87-89.

Koenig, H. G. ed. 1998. Handbook of religion and mental health. San Diego, CA: Academic Press.

Piaget, J. 1937/1954. The construction of reality in the child, trans. M. Cook. New York: Basic Books.

Twycross, R. G. 1995. Where there is hope, there is life: A view from the hospice. In Euthanasia

examined, ed. J. Keown, 141-68. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

List all authors/editors (do not use et. al.). Provide inclusive page numbers for both journal articles and book chapters. The author-date system of citation for references should be used in the text, followed by page number if a direct quotation is given, e.g., (Elliott 1992, 142). Direct quotations which are brief, 1 - 20 words, may be set off with quotation marks in the text. For more extensive quotations, set the material off as a separate indented paragraph, followed by the author-date and page number citation information in parenthesis at the end of the quoted passage. If the same authors are cited with multiple publications in the same year, append the date with letters in the order of citation in the manuscript, e.g., Elliott 1992a, 1992b, followed by the same specification and order in the reference list. Note that names of journals or periodicals are not abbreviated and instead spelled out fully. Case law should by cited by case title, followed by the date in the text, and in references by title, date, and the case number convention of the country of origin.

PPP encourages the inclusion of clinical case material in submitted articles. However, authors should take care to assure that case material is absolutely anonymous and non-identifiable. The editors welcome dialogue with the author in case of doubt.

Title page. The manuscript proper (page 1) should start with title page as the top cover sheet with full title of the paper, your name as it should appear in print, contact information (postal address/telephone/email/ fax), best address for correspondence, and a brief biographical paragraph (no greater than 100 words). The manuscript title should be descriptive of the article content and not exceed 80 characters in length. The biographical paragraph typically involves two or three sentences describing your academic affiliation(s), your scholarly interests, and a recent publication or two. Please also list the name and version of word-processing software used (e.g., Word Perfect 12 for Windows) and total word and character count (include notes, spaces, and references).

Abstract page: The second page of the manuscript should include the title, no author information, an abstract (100-150 words)-indicating the need for the article, problem(s) to be considered, methodological approach, and conclusion(s)-and a list of keywords (6-8) not mentioned in the title. The main text then follows, starting on the following page.

Special additional instructions for manuscript types:

Commentaries and responses to commentaries: Commentaries and responses to the commentaries are by editorial invitation only. However, authors interested in being PPP commentators are encouraged to contact the Editors with their interests. Commentaries and responses are typically 1,000-3,000 words in length. Longer commentaries must be approved by the editors in advance. Do not include an abstract with commentaries and responses. Commentaries/responses are not peer reviewed but are subject to review and approval by the editors. For manuscript titles of commentaries and responses, do not use conventions such as "Commentary On......" or "Response To.....". Instead, give the manuscript a title reflecting the content or ideas presented in the manuscript. Otherwise, commentaries and responses follow the standard PPP publication guidelines and instructions for authors.

Review articles: Topics for review articles in PPP must be approved by the editors before submission. Review articles, including invited ones, are subject to external peer review as with Main Articles. Review articles should be focused on a topic relevant to PPP editorial objectives and formatted according to standard instructions and other PPP guidelines. Titles, however, should be preceded by "Review Article:" followed by the descriptive title of the material. The editors encourage potential authors of review articles to choose a focus involving both journal articles and book-length monographs. Consultation with the editors is required to assure a similar article is not being prepared elsewhere. Authors interested in doing book reviews may consider doing a review article for PPP which considers multiple books together in a single topical essay.

Key Concepts: Key Concepts articles are intended to educate the reader about important terms or concepts relevant to the philosophy of psychiatry and mental health. Authors should approach a Key Concepts article as they would approach the writing of an encyclopedia entry. The length should be about 3000 words, and no more than 4000 words. The Key Concepts manuscript should focus on a single concept or term and (a) provide a definition or concise discussion of the meaning of the concept or term (b) review the philosophical and clinical importance of the concept (c) sketch the most important problems and/or controversies regarding the concept (d) raise unexplored clinical or philosophical issues with the concept and (e) provide no more than ten of the most important references on the concept. Key Concepts articles are typically initiated by editorial invitation, but potential authors are encouraged to contact the editors with their ideas. Key Concepts articles are peer-reviewed. Key Concepts articles should be titled with the "Key Concepts:" prefix followed by the concept/term to be considered, as in "Key Concepts: Autonomy". Otherwise the Key Concepts article is subject to the other PPP guidelines and instructions for authors.

Completing the submission:
Please submit one original of your manuscript and three copies, and a 3-1/2 inch IBM formatted disk, in a recent version of Word Perfect or Microsoft Word. Word-processing files can only be accepted in Windows format, not Mac. We prefer Rich Text Format (*.rtf) files. Manuscripts may also be sent as e-mail attachments to either editor at the addresses above. Please scan your files for viruses with updated antivirus software before sending. Do not send files greater than 1 megabyte in size via e-mail. Please make sure the electronic version is your final updated version. For electronic files, please give the manuscript a file name according to the convention [author last name]-[keyword][month-year] followed by the apropos Windows file extension. Examples of acceptable electronic file names include: smith-reality7-04.rtf or akeba-consciousness9-03.wpd or martinez-boundaries4-05.doc. Articles that are accepted for publication cannot be placed into the print queue until a completed Johns Hopkins University Press publication agreement is received by the Press. Editors will advise authors about the publication agreement at the time of an acceptance of a manuscript.

Send your manuscript to the geographically closest editor:

Professor K. W. M. Fulford
Department of Philosophy
University of Warwick
Coventry, Warwick CV4 7AL
England, U.K.
pwwf@norcam.demon.co.uk

Professor John Z. Sadler
Department of Psychiatry
University of Texas-Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Blvd.
Dallas, TX 75390-9070, U.S.A.
linda.muncy@utsouthwestern.edu