About the Journal

The Journal of Mental Health Issues and Behavior(JMHIB) having ISSN:2799-1261 is a double-blind, peer-reviewed, open access journal that provides publication of articles in following scope.

Focus and Scope

The aim of this journal is to publish original and unpublished contributions that focus on both theoretical and applied research studies in mental health issues, behavior and related disciplines, offering diversity and variety to its readers. The journal in each issue through publishing different articles, case studies, and critical reviews intends to present its audience with interdisciplinary themes such as: 

  • Mental Health
  • Mental Illness
  • Psychological Disorders
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
  • Bipolar Disorders
  • Behavioral Disorders
  • Sleep Disorder
  • Panic Disorder
  • Serious Emotional Disturbance (SED)
  • Anxiety
  • Depression
  • Health Economics
  • HIV/AIDS and Mental Health
  • Learning Disabilities
  • Military Psychiatry
  • Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Pain
  • Personality Psychology
  • Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
  • Suicide
  • Treatments
  • Violence
  • Workplace Psychology
  • Biological Psychiatry
  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Clinical Trials
  • Clinical Neuroscience
  • Cross-Cultural Psychology
  • Death and Dying
  • Depression
  • Eating Disorders
  • Emergency Psychiatry
  • Global Mental Health
  • Autism
  • Biologic Factors
  • Psychosocial Factors
  • Genetic Factors
  • Forensic Psychiatry
  • Schizophrenia
  • Post-Traumatic Stress
  • Mental Retardation

The Journal welcomes the submission of manuscripts that meet the general criteria of significance and scientific excellence. Papers will be published shortly after acceptance. All articles published in JMHIB are double-blind, peer-reviewed.

The Journal of Mental Health Issues and Behavior is published Bimonthly (one volume per year) by HM Journals.

Types of contribution

Regular articles: These should describe new and carefully confirmed findings, and experimental procedures should be given in sufficient detail for others to verify the work. The length of a full paper should be the minimum required to describe and interpret the work clearly.

Short Communications: A short Communication is suitable for recording the results of complete small investigations or giving details of new models or hypotheses, innovative methods, techniques or apparatus. 

Reviews: Submissions of reviews and perspectives covering topics of current interest are welcome and encouraged. Reviews should be concise and no longer than 4-6 printed pages (about 12 to 18 manuscript pages). Reviews manuscripts are also peer-reviewed.