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Information for Contributors

Manuscripts are accepted for consideration by The Journal of Psychotherapy Practice and Research with the understanding that they represent original material, have not been published previously, are not being considered for publication elsewhere, and have been approved by each author. Authors submitting manuscripts containing data or clinical observations already used in published papers or used in papers that are in press, submitted for publication, or expected to be submitted shortly should provide information on those papers to the editor.

Copyright
The Journal of Psychotherapy Practice and Research requires a written transfer of copyright to protect the author(s) and the publisher from misuse of copyrighted material. A copyright transfer form is supplied to authors before publication. Work done by a federal employee is in the public domain and not subject to copyright. Authors must obtain written permission from publishers for use of extensive text quotations (more than 500 words). The Journal of Psychotherapy Practice and Research does not ordinarily publish previously published tables or figures.

Authorship and Responsibility
By submitting a manuscript to The Journal of Psychotherapy Practice and Research, all persons named as authors warrant that they have reviewed and approved the manuscript prior to submission, and that they accept responsibility for the information contained in the submission. Individuals who were not principal researchers or writers should not be listed as authors, but their ancillary role should be mentioned in an acknowledgment footnote. By submitting original research, the authors warrant that the original research data are available for review upon a formal request from the editor.

Patient Anonymity
Ethical as well as legal considerations require careful attention to the protection of a patient's anonymity in case reports and elsewhere. Identifying information such as names, initials, hospital numbers, and dates must be avoided. In addition, authors should disguise identifying information about the characteristics and personal history of patients.

Informed Consent
Manuscripts that report the results of experimental investigation with human subjects must include a statement that informed consent was obtained after the procedure(s) had been fully explained. In the case of children, authors are asked to include information about whether assent was also obtained from the child's legal guardian.

The Peer Review Process
All submissions are reviewed by at least two experts to determine the originality, validity, and importance to the field of their content and conclusions. Reviewers of manuscripts will be blind to the authors' identity and authors will be sent reviewer comments that are judged to be useful to them.

SUBMISSION OF MANUSCRIPTS

The original manuscript, three copies, and a copy on a computer disk should be submitted to Jerald Kay, M.D., Editor, The Journal of Psychotherapy Practice and Research, 1400 K Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20005. All correspondence will be sent to the first-named author unless otherwise specified. Submissions should be accompanied by a cover letter indicating that the paper is intended for publication and specifying for which section of the journal it is being submitted (Special or Regular Articles, Clinical and Research Reports, Grand Rounds, Classic Articles With Commentary, Book Reviews, or Letters to the Editor); submissions will not be reviewed until such a statement is received.

Authors will be notified of the receipt of their paper and the number assigned to it. This number must be included in all further correspondence. Corresponding authors are urged to notify the journal of changes of address.

Books to be considered for review should be sent to Walter Stone, M.D., Book Review Editor, The Journal of Psychotherapy and Research, 231 Bethesda Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0559. Anyone wishing to review books should contact Dr. Stone directly.

TYPES OF ARTICLES

The journal accepts clinical and research manuscripts of interest to both the practitioner and investigator. They may include:

Psychotherapy research in all modalities including outcome studies, comparisons of treatments, utilization analyses, evaluations of multimodality interventions (e.g., combined psychotherapy and pharmacologic treatment), and studies of psychotherapeutic treatment of special patient populations.

Theoretical contributions to the practice and study of the psychotherapies.

Single and small-sample case studies.

Descriptions of psychotherapy education and training.

Reprints of classic articles with updated commentaries.

Special Articles
Special Articles are usually overview articles that bring together important information on a topic of general interest to psychotherapists and usually contain an extensive literature review. Authors who have ideas for such articles are advised to check with the editor before proceeding to ensure that a similar work has not already been submitted.

Regular Articles
Regular Articles are original articles in any area of psychotherapy treatment, research, theory, or education. The literature review should be limited to key references. Clinical material should be used to illustrate essential points but must not become the content.

Clinical and Research Reports
These articles may describe single cases or small clinical research studies. Illustrative clinical material should be presented in the form of brief vignettes.

Grand Rounds
Contributions may include psychotherapy case presentations followed by expert discussion, round-table discussions with noted clinicians and educators describing the most effective ways of treating disorders, integration of multiple treatment modalities, and psychotherapeutic techniques or educational methodologies.

Classic Articles
Classic Articles are reprints of significant earlier contributions to the field of psychotherapy with accompanying commentary and update.

Letters to the Editor
Brief letters (maximum of 500 words and 5 references) will be considered if they include the notation "For Publication." The number of words should appear in the upper right corner of the submitted letter. Letters that comment on an article published in The Journal of Psychotherapy Practice and Research will be sent to the authors for reply. Because of space limitations, not all letters can be published. The journal will notify authors about the disposition of their letters but does not return those that are not published. A letter must be signed by all of its authors. All letters will be edited for length and clarity. Letters must be typed double-spaced throughout on 8.5 x 11 inch paper. Letters that do not meet these specifications will be returned to the author for revision.

TYPING AND ARRANGING THE MANUSCRIPT

All parts of the manuscript, including case reports, quotations, references, and tables, must be double-spaced and typed in uppercase and lowercase on one side only of 8.5 x 11-inch noerasable bond paper, leaving margins of at least one inch on all four sides. The manuscript should be arranged in the following order, with each item beginning a new page: 1) title page, 2) abstract, 3) text, 4) references, and 5) tables and/or figures. All pages must be numbered. The original typescript and three copies must be submitted. Draft-quality dot matrix printouts are not acceptable; poorly legible submissions will be returned unreviewed. Submissions must be accompanied by a copy of the manuscript on a computer diskette labeled with the first author's name, paper title, and submission date.

Title Page
The number of words, tables, and figures in the submitted manuscript and the telephone number of the corresponding author should be typed in the upper right corner of the title page.

Title. The title should be informative and as brief as possible. Avoid two-part titles.

Byline. Authors listed in the byline should be limited to principal researchers and/or writers; collaborators may be acknowledged in a footnote. Authors' first names are preferred to initials. Degrees should be included after each author's name.

Previous Presentation. If the paper has been presented at a meeting, include the name of the meeting, the place, and the inclusive dates.

Location of Work and Address for Correspondence. Provide the department, institution, city, and state where the work was done. Include a full address for the author who is designated to receive correspondence and reprint requests.

Acknowledgments. Grant support should be acknowledged in a separate paragraph and should include the full name of the granting agency and grant number. Acknowledgment of individuals may be no more than four typed lines. Pharmaceutical company or other industry support of any kind must be acknowledged.

Keywords. Three keywords for indexing should be provided.

Abstract
All submissions, except letters and book reviews, require an abstract. The abstract is a single paragraph of no more than 100 words. Authors should use the active voice and third person.

Text
Use the active voice and first person; headings and subheadings should be inserted at reasonable intervals. Footnotes to text are discouraged, and summaries are usually unnecessary.

Research Design and Statistics. Include the following information about research design: 1) a clearly stated hypothesis, 2) the names of the statistical tests used, 3) whether tests were one- or two-tailed, and 4) the names of the test used for each set of data. Reporting standard deviations is required. Statistical tests that are not commonly utilized should be referenced. All significant and important insignificant results must include the test value, degree(s) of freedom, and probability. For example, "Among hospitalized patients who received twice weekly psychotherapy and who required seclusion, males were secluded more frequently than females when days at risk were controlled (t=2.277, df=38, P<0.05)." Reviewers will evaluate the appropriateness of the analyses.

Abbreviations. Spell out all abbreviations (other than those for units of measure) on first use. Idiosyncratic abbreviations should not be used.

Drugs. Generic rather than trade names of drugs should be used. Trade or manufacturers' names are used only if the drug or equipment is experimental, unavailable in this country, or if such information is crucial to the evaluation of the results or replication of the study.

Tables and Figures
The Journal of Psychotherapy Practice and Research does not ordinarily publish tables or figures that have appeared in other English-language publications. Authors will be asked to delete tables and figures containing data that could be reported succinctly in text or that duplicate material contained in other tables or figures. Each table and figure should be understandable without reference to the text; a descriptive, concise title should be included and units of measure should be specified. Consult recent issues of the journal for format. A legible copy of each table and figure must be included with each copy of the manuscript.

Tables. Tables normally are reserved for presentation of numerical data and should be used rarely as lists or charts. Values expressed in the same unit of measurement should read down, not across; when percentages are given, the appropriate numbers must also be given. Tables should be double-spaced, no wider than 120 typewriter characters (10 inches), including spaces, and no more than 70 lines.

Figures. Figures express trends or relationships between data. Figures that contain numerical data that could be expressed more succinctly or clearly in tabular form should be converted to tables. Figures must be submitted either as electronic files or as professionally drawn glossy, camera-ready prints. Theymust remain readable after reduction to about 3.5 inches and should not contain color or 3-D effects. Figure captions should appear at the end of the manuscript, not as part of the figure. Camera-ready prints must be labeled on the back with the author's name and the manuscript title. Electronic files must be labeled with the author's name, manuscript title, filename, and software version, and be accompanied by a paper printout.

PROCESSING OF ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPTS

Manuscripts are accepted with the understanding that the editor and the editorial staff have the right to make revisions aimed at greater conciseness, clarity, and conformity with journal style. Upon acceptance of the article, the corresponding author will be asked to supply a digital version of the accepted manuscript to be used for online editing. Accepted manuscripts will be edited and a proof will be sent to the first-named (or corresponding) author for corrections and answers to editorial queries. Authors who will be away from their offices for a long period or who change addresses after notification of acceptance should inform the Journal staff.

PERMISSION TO REPRINT

Written permission to reprint material published in the Journal of Psychotherapy Practice and Research must be secured from the Journals Division, American Psychiatric Press, Inc., 1400 K Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20005. All requests must be made in writing. Requests will be facilitated if accompanied by written permission from the author of the material.

AUTHORS' REPRINTS

No reprints of articles are furnished gratis. An order form for reprints will be sent to the corresponding author before publication of the paper. Reprints of Book Reviews and Letters to the Editor are not available.

Jerald Kay, M.D.

Editor

Allan Tasman, M.D.

Deputy Editor

The Journal of Psychotherapy Practice and Research

1400 K Street, N.W.

Washington, DC 20005

(202) 682-6310

ISSN 1055-050X

EXAMPLES OF REFERENCE STYLE

References are numbered and listed by their order of appearance in text; the text citation is followed by the appropriate reference number in curly brackets. Do not arrange the list alphabetically. References should be restricted to pertinent material. Accuracy of citation is the author's responsibility. References should conform exactly to the original spelling, accents, punctuation, etc. Authors should be sure that all references listed have been cited in the text. For publications in foreign languages, cite the original title followed by an English translation enclosed in square brackets. Personal communications, unpublished manuscripts, manuscripts submitted but not yet accepted, and similar unpublished items should not appear in the reference list. Such citations may be noted in the text. It is the author's responsibility to obtain permission to refer to another individual's unpublished observations. Manuscripts that are actually accepted for publication may be cited as "in press" in the reference list; the name of the journal or book publisher must be included. Type references in the style shown below, double-spaced throughout. List up to three authors, and designate one or more authors past the third as "et al." Journal names should be abbreviated as they appear in Index Medicus; journals not currently indexed there should not be abbreviated. When citing a chapter within an edited volume, provide the inclusive page numbers of the chapter.

1. Roth LH (ed): Clinical Treatment of the Violent Person. DHHS pub no (ADM) 85-1425. Rockville, MD, National Institute of Mental Health, 1985

2. Kernberg O, Burstein E, Coyne L, et al: Final report of the Menninger Foundation's psychotherapy research project: psychotherapy and psychoanalysis. Bull Menninger Clin 1972; 34:1–2

3. Majority of homeless people found to be mentally ill. Psychiatric News, Oct 6, 1989, p 11

4. Smith M, Glass G, Miller T: The Benefits of Psychotherapy. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins, 1980

5. Thase ME, Greenhouse JB, Frank E, et al: Treatment of major depression with psychotherapy or psychotherapy-pharmacotherapy combinations. Arch Gen Psychiatry (in press)

6. Myers WA: Psychotherapy and the elderly patient, in American Psychiatric Press Review of Psychiatry, vol 9, edited by Tasman A, Goldfinger SM, Kaufmann C. Washington, DC, American Psychiatric Press, 1990, pp 263–278

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