Secretary for Publications, World Psychiatric Association and Orygen Youth Health Research Centre, The University of Melbourne, Australia.
Indian J Psychiatry. 2010 Jan;52(Suppl 1):S43-6. doi: 10.4103/0019-5545.69207.
Low-and middle-income countries (LAMIC), with more than 80% of the global population, bear the greatest burden of mental disorders. Yet these countries are very under-represented in published psychiatric research. There are barriers to publication of mental health research from LAMIC and to the representation of research from these countries in the main literature databases worldwide. The World Psychiatric Association (WPA) aimed to help investigate the reasons for the under-representation of LAMIC in published psychiatric research and consider how to support improved research dissemination, relevant for better mental health and mental health care in all countries. As part of its work plan for the years 2008 to 2011, WPA developed a project to encourage efforts to offer support to psychiatric journals in LAMIC. A WPA publications taskforce was appointed in 2008 to promote the dissemination of research from LAMIC. The taskforce began work together with journal editors to strengthen their chances of being indexed in international databases. Among the first journals participating in the project was the IJP, which is now an inspiration and source of support for other journals.
低收入和中等收入国家（LAMIC）拥有全球超过 80%的人口，承担着精神障碍的最大负担。然而，这些国家在已发表的精神病学研究中代表性严重不足。LAMIC 的精神卫生研究发表存在障碍，这些国家的研究在全球主要文献数据库中的代表性也不足。世界精神病学协会（WPA）旨在帮助调查 LAMIC 在已发表的精神病学研究中代表性不足的原因，并考虑如何支持改善研究传播，这对所有国家的更好的精神卫生和精神卫生保健都很重要。作为其 2008 年至 2011 年工作计划的一部分，WPA 制定了一个项目，以鼓励为 LAMIC 的精神病学期刊提供支持。2008 年，WPA 任命了一个出版物工作组来促进来自 LAMIC 的研究的传播。该工作组开始与期刊编辑合作，以增强他们在国际数据库中被索引的机会。首批参与该项目的期刊之一是《国际精神病学杂志》（IJP），该杂志现在是其他期刊的灵感和支持来源。
