Journal of Mental Health, Behavioral Sciences and Public Health

About the Journal

Aim and Scope

The Journal of Mental Health, Behavioral Sciences and Public Health (JMH-BSPH) is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal dedicated to advancing interdisciplinary research that bridges clinical mental health, behavioral sciences, and population health. The journal provides a platform for high-quality scholarship that explores the biological, psychological, social, and structural determinants of mental health and well-being across diverse settings.

JMH-BSPH publishes original research, systematic reviews, intervention studies, implementation research, and policy analyses in areas including psychiatry, psychology, substance use, community mental health, health behavior, prevention science, digital mental health, and mental health systems strengthening. The journal particularly welcomes studies that integrate clinical practice with public health approaches to improve mental health outcomes at individual and population levels.

By promoting rigorous, evidence-informed research, the journal aims to support innovation, inform policy, and strengthen mental health services globally, with special relevance to low- and middle-income settings.

The Journal publishes work in the following;

1. Alcohol and mental health
2. Anorexia nervosa
3. Anxiety
4. Armed forces and mental health
5. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
6. Autism and mental health
7. Bipolar disorder
8. Black, Asian, and minority ethnic (BAME) communities
9. Body image
10. Bulimia nervosa
11. Children and young people
12. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)
13. Crisis care
14. Debt and mental health
15. Dementia
16. Depression
17. Diet and mental health
18. Drugs and mental health
19. Eating disorders
20. Friendship and mental health
21. Gambling and mental health
22. Hearing voices
23. Housing and mental health
24. Human rights and mental health
25. Kindness
26. Loneliness
27. Long-term physical conditions and mental health
28. Medication for mental health problems
29. Men and mental health
30. Menopause
31. Mental capacity
32. Mental health in later life
33. Mindfulness
34. Nature and mental health
35. Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
36. Online mental health support
37. Panic attacks
38. Parenting and mental health
39. Peer support
40. Personality disorders
41. Pets and mental health
42. Physical activity and mental health
43. Physical health and mental health
44. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
45. Postnatal depression
46. Prevention and mental health
47. Psychosis
48. Recovery
49. Schizophrenia
50. Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
51. Self-harm
52. Self-management of mental ill-health
53. Sleep and mental health
54. Smoking and mental health
55. Stigma and discrimination
56. Stress
57. Suicidal thoughts
58. Talking about mental health
59. Talking therapies
60. Talking to your GP about your mental health
61. Trauma
62. Welfare and mental health
63. Women and mental health
64. Work-life balance