Journal information

Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal^® (PRJ) is a quarterly journal publishing original, peer-reviewed scholarly work that advances the evidence for and understanding of interdisciplinary, psychosocial treatment and recovery of people with psychiatric disabilities. PRJ publishes scholarship that reflects the principles and values of psychiatric rehabilitation and person-centered care. Manuscripts published in PRJ have implications for policies and practices related to psychiatric rehabilitation as well as implementation of psychiatric rehabilitation services.

PRJ gives priority to impactful research that is directly applicable to the development, administration, and delivery of psychiatric rehabilitation services across contexts. Community-engaged studies that include persons with psychiatric disabilities and clinicians as partners are a top priority.

Content within the purview of PRJ includes but is not limited to:

• review articles that rigorously examine, summarize, and critique the current state of research on topics pertinent to psychiatric rehabilitation;
• studies of the development, refinement, or evaluation of psychiatric rehabilitation interventions including case studies, open pilot studies, quasi-experimental designs, and randomized controlled trials;
• qualitative studies of lived experience pertinent to psychiatric rehabilitation;
• research exploring relevant domains of functioning or targets of psychiatric rehabilitation intervention;
• research on the development or psychometric evaluation of instruments designed to measure constructs relevant to psychiatric rehabilitation;
• research on special populations of people with psychiatric disabilities, including disparities in access to services;
• research on the implementation of psychiatric rehabilitation interventions in traditional mental health and other settings (e.g., criminal justice settings);
• research that informs the development of person-centered systems that support and broaden psychiatric rehabilitation approaches;
• rigorous theoretical articles that advance the psychiatric rehabilitation field;
• rigorous analyses of policies (e.g., at the clinic, mental health center, or government level) pertinent to psychiatric rehabilitation.

The journal has a broad audience, including researchers, policy makers, and psychiatric rehabilitation practitioners. PRJ welcomes submissions that support inclusiveness and diversity in both authorship and as the focus of scholarly work.

Disclaimer: APA and the editors of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal assume no responsibility for statements and opinions advanced by the authors of its articles.