Federal Practitioner is inviting VA, DoD, and PHS health care providers and researchers to contribute to a special issue that will be published in October 2018 and will examine series mental health and substance use disorders. Articles that address serious mental illnesses, including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder, and alcohol or opioid misuse are especially desired. Articles may include new research, review articles, case studies, quality improvement/quality assurance programs, and patient-centered care best practices.
The full text of all accepted Federal Practitioner articles are now included in the PubMed Central database and are part of any PubMed search result.
Interested authors can submit articles at http://www.editorialmanager.com/fedprac or submit a brief 2 to 3 sentence abstract to fedprac@mdedge.com by July 15, 2018. The updated and complete submission guidelines, including details about the style and format, can be found here:
http://www.mdedge.com/fedprac/page/submission-guidelines
Federal Practitioner uses Editorial Manager , a web-based manuscript submission and review system. All manuscripts must be submitted through this system.
All manuscripts submitted to Federal Practitioner for both special and regular issues will be subject to peer review. Peer reviews are conducted in a double-blind fashion, and the reviewers are asked to comment on the manuscript’s importance, accuracy, relevance, clarity, timeliness, balance, and reference citation. Final decisions on all submitted manuscripts are made by the Editor-in-Chief (or, in the event of a potential conflict of interest, a designated surrogate from the journal’s Editorial Advisory Association).