European Psychiatry is the EPA official journal.

It presents the results of original research relative to those domains which are presently of interest to psychiatry: psychopathology, nosography, chemotherapy, psychotherapy, clinical methodology, biological disorders and mental pathology, psychophysiology, neuropsychology, as well as animal behavior. This wide scope emphasizing, nevertheless, the publication of original articles, is aimed at encouraging the exchange of ideas and research within Europe and establishing within the international psychiatric community an improved level of scientific communication.

Short communications will be published rapidly in order to keep information in this journal up-to-date. In the years to come, European Psychiatry will endeavour not only to publish high level scientific original articles, short communications and editorials, but also letters to the editor, EPA newsletters, book reviews, information on new regulations in Europe and conference calendar.

European Psychiatry is continuing its dynamic growth. The new impact factor for the journal is 2.433 (ISI Web of Knowledge, 2008 Journal Citation Reports), an increase of 30% since last year. Sophia Frangou, Philip Gorwood and Rheinhard Heun, Editors of European Psychiatry, would like thank all the contributors and reviewers for the high scientific quality of the published articles.