Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry

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Publication history

The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry was first published in 1960 by the then Association for Child Psychology and Psychiatry (now the Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health) following a name change on 18 March 2005 [2] ). It dropped the "Allied Disciplines" component from its title in 2004.

The primary founding aim of the journal was to "bring together original papers concerned with the child, from such diverse disciplines as psychiatry, psychology, paediatrics, psychoanalysis, social case-work and sociology". [3] The original intent was also to extend the focus from the individual, then a characteristic feature of psychology and psychiatry practice, to the broader family and social context, recognising that development occurs in interactive social settings and that contributions from the other disciplines, including "cultural anthropology and animal behaviour", would benefit our understanding. Further, it was recognised that the methodologies employed by the different disciplines represented by the Journal varied, ranging from those in which "a considerable degree of systematic exactitude is possible" to others in which "reliance has often to be placed on the more subjective evidence of the clinician or skilled observer". Such diversity was considered and relevant, valuable and should be reflected in the Journal. Finally, as no general theory existed that would account for what was then known about psycho-pathology in children and young people, and as there was no agreement as to what such a theory might look like, the founding Editors asserted that the JCPP "will provide a forum in which serious contributions, inspired by any point of view, will be welcomed".

The first editors were Elizabeth Irvine, a social worker, Colin Hindley, a medical practitioner turned developmental psychologist, and Emanuel Miller, a child psychiatrist whose ideas profoundly shaped the aims for the new Journal. The founding editors also constituted a group representing the main disciplines in what was then called "child guidance", now known as child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) or child and family services, in the United Kingdom National Health Service (NHS).Contributions to the four issues of the first volume well reflect the aspirations of the founders, with different disciplines represented. A number of the papers are data-based, some "philosophical" and others descriptive, the range covering clinical, developmental, educational and other topics.

Over the early decades, developmental psychopathology, child development and the allied disciplines became increasingly differentiated, encompassing a widening diversity of topics that reflected the growing breadth and increasing depth of interest in these areas.

Since the 1990s, there has been further diversification of journal content, reflecting the emergence of many new developments that have an increasingly important impact on clinical research and practice.

Abstracting and indexing information

The journal is abstracted and indexed in the following:

In 2018, ISI Journal Citation Reports ranked the journal 2/74 in Psychology Developmental journals, 6/77 in Psychology journals, and 11/142 in the category Psychiatry (Social Science); 16/146 (Psychiatry). The JCPP Impact Factor for 2018 is 6.129. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Publications". ACAMH. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  2. ↑ "Archived copy of ACAMH website". Archived from the original on 2006-02-09.
  3. ↑ Berger, Michael; Hersov, Lionel (2009). "JCPP – The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry: a history from the inside". Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 50 (1–2): 2–8. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7610.2008.02036.x. ISSN   1469-7610. PMID   19220586.
  4. ↑ "Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry - Wiley Online Library". onlinelibrary.wiley.com. Retrieved 2019-07-29.
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