Submissions

Author Guidelines

The Bangladesh Journal of Psychiatry (Bang J Psychiatry) (ISSN 1728-4406) is a peer-reviewed official publication of the Bangladesh Association of Psychiatrists (BAP), published twice yearly, June and December. Research/Original article, mini-review, case report, letter to the editor are published here.

The Bangladesh Journal of Psychiatry will not accept any responsibility for any opinion or views expressed in papers or other contributions. Material in the Bangladesh Journal of Psychiatry does not necessarily reflect the views of the editor or Bangladesh Association of Psychiatrists.

All manuscripts are published after acceptance.

How to submit your paper

Manuscript submission

• Manuscript submission to the Bangladesh Journal of Psychiatry is totally free of cost.
• Submission of manuscripts refers transfer of copyright from the author to the publisher.  Interested contributors are requested to submit their article/s through e-mail to bap@agni.com or mekhala_sarkar@yahoo.com. Manuscript should be submitted to the editor accompanied by a cover letter. Correspondences with editor could be done through email or over phone. Detail address of author of correspondence should be clearly mentioned in the mail including their/ his/her contact number and e-mail address. Rejected manuscripts are not returned to the author and publisher is not responsible for the loss.
• This must be noted that manuscripts must be solely the work of the author(s) stated, must not have been previously published elsewhere (except in the form of abstract), and must not be under consideration by another journal. 
• Manuscripts which are related to psychiatry are encouraged to submit.
• All contributors are requested to submit their manuscript according to our journal style. For instruction on how to format the text of your paper, including tables, figures, and references, please see our formatting guidelines/instructions to authors (described later in formatting guideline).
• Submitted manuscripts should be in MS word. All text (title page, abstract, body, references) should be submitted as one document.

Cover letter

A cover letter is expected to be submitted along with manuscript. Use the cover letter to explain why your paper should be published in The Bangladesh Journal of Psychiatry rather than elsewhere.

Formatting guidelines (Instructions to authors)

Total length/word counts

Original article and review article should not exceed 5000 words or equivalent space including summary, references, table (title, content) and figures (title).

Case reports on contribution may be accepted. These should not exceed 1000 words or equivalent space including summary, references, table (title, content).

Abbreviations
Abbreviation should be defined in the text, first time they are appeared in the manuscript. After this point, they should be used exclusively and not interchangeable with their definition.

Structure of manuscripts (for original/research article, review article and case report)

(It is essential to follow this sequence)

1. Title and authors (Title page)
2. Summary
3. Main Body/text
4. References (please see the detail described below)

1.  Title and authors

• The title should be brief, relevant and self-explanatory.
• Title should not be phrased as questions.
• The names of the authors should appear on the title that should include full names of all authors (no initial).
• The affiliations and full addresses of all authors should be mentioned in the title page before the summary.

2.  Summary
Each paper requires a summary of not more than 250 words. Avoid abbreviations, diagrams, and references in the abstract. There will be a single paragraph for summary. No subheading will be there in the summary.

• Original article (summary) should contain ‘background’, ‘objective(s)’, ‘material and methods’, ‘results’, and ‘conclusion’ in brief form. (But no sub-heading, only the content should be in a described in a single paragraph).
• Review article is expected to contain ‘background’, ‘objective(s)’, ‘material and methods’, ‘findings & discussion’ and ‘conclusion’ in brief form. (But no sub-heading, the content should be in a described in a single paragraph).
• Case report needs to have ‘background’, ‘case summary’ and ‘conclusion’.  (But no sub-heading, the content should be in a described in a single paragraph)

3.  Main Body/text

Research/Original article
The body of the text in should be divided into the following sections: Introduction, Materials and methods, Results, Discussion, conclusion. Subheading should be there in the main body. 

• Introduction: should not exceed 400 words. This section will include background of the problem. Justification of the study and its objective should be mentioned at the end of this section. All information given in this section must have references that to be listed in the reference section.
• Material and methods: the type of study (study design), study period, sampling technique, sample size, study population, data collection technique and tool as well as data handling, processing and data analysis should be briefly mentioned in this section.
• Results: the finding should be described here briefly supplemented appropriately with tables and figures. Results should be described in past tense.
• Discussion:  The discussion section should reflect the author’s comment on the results. Relevant study finding should be compared here with present study and potential argument for discrepancy and consistency. This section must be described in past tense.
• Conclusion: The article to be concluded very briefly (not more than 100 words). Recommendation(s) can also be included in this section which should not exceed 30 words.

Review article:
The body of the text should be divided into the following sections: Introduction, Materials and methods, finding and discussion, conclusion.  

• Introduction: should not exceed 400 words. This section will include background of the topic. At the end of the review, why the author want to publish the topic on the article to be mentioned (objective).
• Material and methods: How the review was done, what sort of article were searched, how they were searched, the total number of articles reviewed should be mentioned here.
• Results and discussion: the finding on the topic after reviewing the articles should be described here briefly.
• Conclusion: The article to be concluded very briefly (not more than 100 words).

Case report:
The body of the text should be divided into the following sections: Introduction, case summary, discussion, and conclusion.  

• Introduction: authors are requested to give a brief description on the topic of the case.
• Case study: Summary of the finding of the case should be described here. Management (if any) can also be given.

4.  References:

1. Author should follow Vancouver style.
2. Your reference list should appear at the end of the article in an order in which they are mentioned in the text. The list should be done numerically in the same order that they have been cited in the text which is done by superscript (single press of ‘Ctrl shift +’) in numerical form (citation number).
3. When multiple references are cited at a given place in the text, use a hyphen to join the first and last numbers that are inclusive. Use commas (without spaces) to separate non-inclusive numbers in a multiple citation.
   Example: 2,3,4,5,7,10,12 is abbreviated to (2-5,7,10,12).
4. Do not use a hyphen if there is no citation numbers in between that support your statement.
   Example: 1-2 (in-correct form). 1,2 (correct form)
5. As a general rule, citation numbers in the text should be placed outside full stops and commas, inside colons and semicolons (applicable for any part of the document).
   Example: Mamun Morshed,¹ Rahim Khan²
   Example: Over the past decades public health relevance of mental health condition ‘in children and adolescents has been of growing concern’.^1-3,5,6
   

CITING A BOOK: The essential details required are (in order):

1.1 Name/s of author/s, editor/s, compiler/s or the institution responsible.

• Where there are 6 or less authors you must list all authors.
• Where there are 7 or more authors, only the first 6 are listed and add et al (after a comma). 

• Put a comma and 1 space between each name. The last author must have a full-stop after their initial(s).

Format: surname (1 space) initial/s (no spaces or punctuation between initials) (full-stop OR if further names comma, 1 space)
Example: Smith AK, Jones BC, Bloggs TC, Ashe PT, Fauci AS, Wilson JD, et al.
Example: The Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand.

When author/s is/are editor/s : Follow the same methods used with authors but use the word editor” or “editors” in full after the name/s. The word editor or editors must be in lower case. (Do NOT confuse with “ed.”used for edition.)

Example 1.1: Millares M, editor. Applied drug information: strategies for information management. Vancouver (WA): Applied Therapeutics, Inc.; 1998.

Sponsored by institution, corporation or other organization (including PAMPHLET)

Example: Australian Pharmaceutical Advisory Council. Integrated best practice model for medication management in residential aged care facilities. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service; 1997.

1.2. Title of publication and subtitle if any

• Do not use italics or underline.
• Only the first word of journal articles or book titles (and words that normally begin with a capital letter) are capitalized.

1.3. Edition (other than first)

• Number of edition other than first one should be mentioned as 2nd, 3rd,10th ed.

Example: Blenkinsopp A, Paxton P. Symptoms in the pharmacy: a guide to the management of common illness. 3rd ed. Oxford: Blackwell Science; 1998.

 1.4. Place of publication (if there is more than one place listed, use the first one)

• Write the place name in full.
• If the place name is not well known, add a comma, 1 space and the state or the country for clarification. For places in the USA, add after the placename the 2 letter postal code for the state. This must be in upper case. eg. Hartford (CN): (where CN=Connecticut).

Format: place of publication (colon, 1 space)
Example: Hartford (CN):
Example: Texas (NSW):
Example: Kyoto (Japan):

1.5. Publisher

• The publisher’s name should be spelt out in full.

Format: Publisher (semi-colon, 1 space)
Example: Australian Government Publishing Service;
Example: Raven Press;
Example: Williams & Wilkins;

1.6. Year of publication

Format: year (full-stop, add 1 space if page numbers follow).
Example: 1999.
Example: 2000. p. 12-5.

1.7. Page numbers (if applicable).

• Abbreviate the word page to ‘p.’.

NOTE: do not repeat digits unnecessarily
Format: p (full-stop, 1 space) page numbers (full-stop).
Example: p. 122-9.
Example: p. 1129-57.
Example: p. 333,338,340-5. (when article not on continuous pages)

1.8. Series title and individual volume (if any).

• Put in brackets.
• Abbreviate the word volume to “vol”.

Format: (Series title (semi-colon, 1 space) vol (1 space) volume number) full-stop outside brackets.
Example: (Annals of the New York academy of sciences; vol 288).

2. CITING A CHAPTER IN AN EDITED BOOK(to which a number of authors have contributed)

2.1 Name/s of author of the chapter
2.2 Title of chapter followed by, In:
2.3 Editor
2.4 Title of book (this should be in italics)
2.5 Series title and number (if part of a series)
2.6 Edition (if not the first edition)
2.7 Place of publication (if there is more than one place listed, use the first named)
2.8 Publisher
2.9 Year of publication
2.10 Page numbers

Example of citing a chapter in an edited book:
Porter RJ, Meldrum BS. Antiepileptic drugs. In: Katzung BG, editor. Basic and clinical pharmacology. 6th ed. Norwalk (CN): Appleton and Lange; 1995. p. 361-80.

(Name/s. Title. Edition(other than first). In: Editor. Series title and number. Edition. Place of publication: Publisher; year of publication. p. Page no)

(Name/s. Title. Edition(other than first). Place of publication: Publisher; year of publication. p. Page no).

3. CITING A JOURNAL ARTICLES: PRINT

The essential details required are (in order):

3.1 Name/s of author/s of the article.
See step 1 of "Citing a book" for full details.

3.2 Title of article.
See step 2 of "Citing a book" for full details.

Example: Validation of an immunoassay for measurement of plasma total homocysteine.

3.3 Name of journal (abbreviated).

• Abbreviate title according to the style used in Medline.
• A list of abbreviations can be found at:  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=journals

Note: no punctuation marks are used in the abbreviated journal name
Format: journal title abbreviation (1 space)
Example: J Mol Biol

3.4 Year of publication.

• Abbreviate the month to the first 3 letters.

Format: year (semi-colon, no space)
Example 4.1: 1996 Jun 1;12(5):127-33.

3.4 Volume number (and issue/part -).
Format: volume number (colon, no space)
Example: 1996;12(5):127-33. Or 1996;18:1237-8.

3.5 Page numbers
NOTE: do not repeat digits unnecessarily
Format: page numbers (full-stop)
Example: 531-5.
Example of citing a journal: Russell FD, Coppell AL, Davenport AP. In vitro enzymatic processing of radiolabelled big ET-1 in human kidney as a food ingredient. Biochem Pharmacol 1998 Mar 1;55(5):697-701.

• No author given in article

Coffee drinking and cancer of the pancreas [editorial]. BMJ 1981;283:628.

• Journals with parts and/or supplements

Examples:

Volume with supplement:
Environ Health Perspect 1994;102 Suppl 1:275-82.

Issue with supplement:
Semin Oncol 1996:23(1 Suppl 2):89-97.

Volume with part:
Ann Clin Biochem 1995;32(Pt 3):303-6.

Issue with part:
N Z Med J 1994;107(986 Pt 1):377-8.

Issue with no volume:
Clin Orthop 1995;(320):110-4.

No issue or volume:
Curr Opin Gen Surg 1993:325-33.

4.1   CITING INTERNET and OTHER ELECTRONIC SOURCES

• This includes software and Internet sources such as web sites, electronic journals and databases.
• These sources are proliferating and the guidelines for citation are developing and subject to change.
• The following information is based on the recommendations of the National Library of Medicine.
• The basic form of the citations follow the principles listed for print sources (see above).

In the case of sources that may be subject to alteration it is important to acknowledge the DATE THE INFORMATION WAS CITED. This is particularly true for web sites that may disappear or permit changes to be made and for CD-ROMS that are updated during the year.

5.1 JOURNAL ON THE INTERNET
NOTE: Follow the same procedure for citing print journals as for electronic journals regarding date, volume pages and journal title
Format:
Author/s (full-stop after last author, 1 space) Title of article (full-stop, 1 space)
Abbreviated title of electronic journal (1 space) [serial online] (1 space) Publication year (1space) month(s) - if available (1 space) [cited year month (abbreviated) day] - in square brackets (semi colon, 1 space) Volume number (no space) Issue number if applicable in round brackets (colon) Page numbers or number of screens in square brackets (full-stop, 1 space) Available from (colon, 1 space) URL:URL address underlined

Examples:
Morse SS. Factors in the emergence of infectious disease. Emerg Infect Dis [serial online] 1995 Jan-Mar [cited 1999 Dec 25]; 1(1):[24 screens]. Available from: URL: http://www/cdc/gov/ncidoc/EID/eid.htm

Garfinkel PE, Lin E, Goering P. Should amenorrhoea be necessary for the diagnosis of anorexia nervosa? Br J Psych [serial online] 1996 [cited 1999 Aug 17]; 168(4):500-6. Available from: URL:http://biomed.niss.ac.uk

6.1 WWW site:
(If the author is not documented, the title becomes the first element of the reference.)

Format:
Author (full-stop after last author, 1 space) Title (full-stop, 1 space) [Online] (full stop, 1 space) Publication Year (1 space) [cited year month (abbreviated) day] (semi colon) Number of screens in square brackets or pages (full-stop, 1 space) Available from (colon, 1 space) URL: (no space) URL address underlined

NOTE:  The number of screens is NOT necessary. Put a semi colon and 1 space after the cited date if no pages or screen numbers are listed.

When the date is approximated, indicate that by following the date with a question mark and inserting the statement in square brackets. Eg. [2001?]

 Examples: National Organization for Rare Diseases [Online]. 1999 Aug 16 [cited 1999 Aug 21]; Available from: URL: http://www.rarediseases.org/

Royal College of General Practitioners. The primary health care team. [Online]. 1998 [cited 1999 Aug 22];[10 screens]. Available from: URL: http://ww.rcgp.org.uk/informat/publicat/rcf0021.htm Zand J. The natural pharmacy: herbal medicine for depression [Online]. [1999?] [cited 2001 Aug 23];[15 screens]. Available from: URL: http://www.healthy.net/asp/templates/Article.asp?PageType=Article&Id=920

Letter to the Editor: There will be no abstract and subheadings. Text will be within 1,500 words with one/two Figures or Tables with up to 10 references. It will not be peer reviewed and published rapidly. 

Important points for reference list:

• For a book, give any editors and the publisher, the city of publication, and year of publication
• For a chapter or section of a book, also give the authors and title of the section, and the page numbers
• For online material, please cite the URL, together with the date you accessed the website
• Online journal articles can be cited using the DOI number
• Do not put references in the Summary.

Conflict of interest: 
All authors are requested to disclose any actual or potential conflict of interest including any financial, personal or other relationships with other people or organizations.

Guidelines for supplementary material:

TEXT

• All material should be submitted as one document which will be peer reviewed.
• All material should be provided in English. Text. 

TABLES

Title of the table

• Each table should be given a brief title. (should be bold).
• In case of results section (in original article), sample number to be mentioned in bracket at the end of title (see the example below).

Format of the title of table: Table (1 space, no hyphen) number of table (colon, no space) title (I space)   sample size (should be written as n=120)

Example of the title of the Table: Table 2: Information on parents of the respondents (n= 144)

• Explanatory matter is placed in footnotes, not in the heading.
• All tables must be cited on text (Table no).
• Data within the table should be not more than one digit after dot
• SI units are required.
• Means should be accompanied by SDs.
  Example: mean (+SD) age: 25.5 (+1.33) years.

ILLUSTRATIONS and FIGURES

• Number each figure in the text in consecutive order.
• The original source should be acknowledged (if any).
• The legends should be labelled with numerals corresponding to the figures etc.

MEASUREMENT

• Length, height, weight and volume should be reported in metric units
  Example: gram (g), kilogram (kg), meter (m) etc).

• Temperatures should be in degrees Celsius.
• Blood Pressure measured in mm of mercury.
• All haematological and biochemistry measurements stated in SI units.

How The Bangladesh Journal of Psychiatry handles your paper

Acknowledgment

• Receipt of your paper will be acknowledged by an email containing a reference number, which should be used in all future communications, checking for plagiarism, duplicate publication, and text recycling.
• All Reviews, Viewpoints, and similar non-research material that we are interested in publishing will be checked for plagiarism by editors.

Peer review

• Every article will be peer reviewed. Occasional contributions (eg, commentaries) are accepted without peer review. Initial decision as to whether or not to proceed to peer review will be communicated quickly.
• Submissions that survive in-house and peer review might be referred back to authors for revision. This is an invitation to present the best possible paper for further scrutiny by the journal; it is not an acceptance.