Aims and scope
The Journal of Health Service Psychology is a translational and clinical journal that publishes articles of direct clinical relevance to health service psychologists and other behavioral health practitioners. Submissions must address clinical or practice challenges and be of immediate applicability to practitioners. Priority topic areas include management of acute and chronic mental and physical illness, particularly underrecognized/underreported conditions. Populations and clinical situations of interest include but are not limited to: BIPOC, LGBT+, Child & Family, Older Adults/Geriatrics, Suicide, Trauma/IPV/Child Abuse, integrated care, and co-management of medical/psychological problems. We are open to other topic areas. Please email the Editor-in-Chief, Kate Brody Nooner, PhD (kate@nationalregister.org) to discuss topics of interest that are outside of these priority areas.
Successful Journal of Health Service Psychology submissions are of direct clinical relevance to health service psychologists and allied professionals. They should be structured in the manner prescribed in the Information for Authors before submission to the peer-review process. Submissions should be written for health service psychologists and allied professionals in direct clinical practice. Please also refer to the JHSP information for authors and ethics and disclosure sections for details on manuscript format.
Generally, JHSP manuscripts will not have more than 3 co-authors except in exceptional circumstances that must be approved by the editor-in-chief. Authors submitting work to JHSP must warrant that the work submitted is original and has not been published elsewhere and is not under review or submitted for publication elsewhere. The author(s) warrant(s) that all substantive contributions to the manuscript have been duly acknowledged and that the order of authorship accurately reflects the contribution of each author.
The author(s) warrant that the manuscript has been developed in accordance with general ethical precepts as outlined in the APA Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct.