About the Journal
Jurnal Psikiatri Indonesia (JPI) is an open-access, general and comprehensive journal of psychiatry for psychiatrists, mental health clinicians, clinical psychologists, neurologists, primary care physicians, psychiatric nurses, academics and researchers, students of mental health, and those involved in mental health policy development.
The journal aims to bridge a knowledge gap in the application and translation of research findings into clinical practice within Indonesia to and from the rest of the world. It aims to focus on psychiatric research pertinent to Indonesia produced either within or from outside the country. This may include preclinical, clinical, digital mental health, service system, and policy development research relevant to psychiatry and will highlight the rich socio-cultural diversity of the archipelago as it pertains to mental health.
Jurnal Psikiatri Indonesia publishes peer-reviewed original research articles; review articles; commentaries on significant articles; synopses of current research highlights from Indonesia; and letters to the editor.
The scope of the journal encompasses, but is not limited to, the following fields:
- Clinical Psychiatry: Mood disorders, schizophrenia spectrum, anxiety, trauma- and stressor-related disorders, and personality disorders.
- Child, Adolescent, and Geriatric Psychiatry: Neurodevelopmental disorders, early-onset psychopathology, and the mental health of aging populations.
- Biological Psychiatry and Neuroscience: Psychopharmacology, neuroimaging, genetics, and neurobiological mechanisms of mental illness.
- Public Mental Health & Epidemiology: Mental health policy, community psychiatry, suicide prevention, and the psychological impacts of societal and environmental changes.
- Digital Psychiatry & Telehealth: The efficacy of digital therapeutics, AI in psychiatric diagnostics, mobile health interventions, and telepsychiatry frameworks.
- Cultural and Social Psychiatry: The intersection of culture, indigenous healing practices, and modern psychiatric care, particularly within the diverse archipelagic context of Indonesia.
- Addiction Psychiatry: Substance use disorders, behavioral addictions (including technology and gaming), and harm reduction strategies.
- Guidance and Counseling: Educational, career, and rehabilitation counseling, psychological guidance, marital and family counseling, and the integration of guidance services within clinical and community mental health frameworks.
All articles are published under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0). This license permits others to share and adapt the content, even for commercial purposes, as long as proper credit is given and any derivative works are distributed under the same license terms.
JPI is committed to upholding the highest standards of publication ethics and integrity. The journal adheres to the guidelines and best practices established by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). All authors, reviewers, and editors are expected to comply with COPE’s core practices regarding authorship, peer review, conflicts of interest, plagiarism, data fabrication, and ethical handling of human or animal subjects.
Al-Hijrah Indonesia is a non-profit organization that focuses on education, health, information technology, publications, and social and community empowerment. EBSINA is a division of Al-Hijrah Indonesia which manages publishing and publishing. Al-Hijrah Indonesia was established in December 2015 with official permission from the Ministry of Law and Human Rights of the Republic of Indonesia (MENKUMHAM RI) with No: AHU-0034040.AH.01.07. 2015 and Notarial Deed No: 06 dated 4 December 2015 by YUNIAR NOVALIASARI, SH., M.KN.
