Journal of Psychiatric Intensive Care

Aims & Scope

Published twice a year it is an internationally renowned multi-disciplinary academic resource devoted to issues affecting the care and treatment of people with mental disorders who manifest severely disturbed functioning.

It provides stimulating papers and articles of interest to all disciplines, whether they work in psychiatric intensive care, low secure services, acute inpatient wards, challenging behaviour environments, emergency psychiatry, or intensive treatments settings in other parts of the wider mental health system.

The Journal seeks to encourage informed debate and exchange of opinion.

The content includes editorials, original research, brief reports, reviews, conference reports, news and notices, but preference is given to original research of a high scientific quality.

Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Medicine, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Patient experiences of psychiatric inpatient care: a systematic review of qualitative evidence

  Citation: 75

  Authors: Lisa, Sarah

• Sensory assessment and therapy to help reduce seclusion use with service users needing psychiatric intensive care

  Citation: 42

  Authors: Stuart J, Allison, Fiona, Pamela, Yitzchak

• The National Survey of PICU and Low Secure Services: 1. Patient characteristics

  Citation: 34

  Authors: Stephen, Paul, May

• The London Survey of Psychiatric Intensive Care Units: psychiatric intensive care; patient characteristics and pathways for admission and discharge

  Citation: 33

  Authors: Stephen M, May, Kamaldeep, Carol

• Psychological trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder among women in community mental health aftercare following psychiatric intensive care

  Citation: 30

  Authors: Julian D, Debra

• From the inside out: Star Wards – lessons from within acute in-patient wards

  Citation: 24

  Authors: Marion

• Women referred for medium secure inpatient care: a population study over a six-year period

  Citation: 20

  Authors: Clive, Louise, Lorraine, Ursula, Clive R.

• Drug interactions affecting clozapine levels

  Citation: 19

  Authors: Harvinder, William R., Satinderpal

• Successful reduction of seclusion in a newly developed psychiatric intensive care unit

  Citation: 17

  Authors: Irina, Geert, Wil, Cornelis L

• The National Survey of PICU and Low Secure Services: 2. Unit characteristics

  Citation: 16

  Authors: Stephen, Paul, May