Psychiatria Fennica

Aims and Scope

Psychiatria Fennica is the publication of the Finnish Foundation for Psychiatric Research. It is a peer-reviewed, open access journal publishing articles on psychiatry including original research, reviews, and emerging technologies in assessment and treatment. The journal aims to encourage the active and novel psychiatric research in Finland. The journal is aimed at researchers and practitioners of psychiatry, psychology, and medicine. It is published once a year, and it includes around ten research articles in an issue.

Open access policy

Psychiatria Fennica uses an open access policy with an open license (Creative Commons) allowing for immediate free access to the work and permitting any user to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of articles, crawl them for indexing, pass them as data to software, or use them for any other lawful purpose.

The full text of all content are available free and open access immediately. There is no embargo period. The users are not required to register in order to read content.

Editorial board

Adjunct professor Tuula Kieseppä, Helsinki University, Chief Medical Officer, The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, Helsinki, Finland

Adjunct professor Erika Jääskeläinen, Center for Life Course Health Research, Medical Faculty, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland

Adjunct professor Max Karukivi, Department of Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland

Professor Mauri Marttunen, Helsinki University and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland

CEO, MA (Psychology) Tiia Pirkola, Finnish Foundation for Psychiatric Research, Helsinki, Finland

Referee board

Adjunct Professor Jonna Perälä, Department of Psychiatry, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland

Adjunct Professor Matti Holi, Department of Psychiatry, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland

Professor Nina Lindberg, Department of Forensic Psychiatry, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Professor Juha Veijola, Research Unit of Clinical Neuroscience, University of Oulu and Department of Psychiatry, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland

MD, PhD Markku Lähteenvuo, Department of Forensic Psychiatry, University of Eastern Finland, Niuvanniemi Hospital, Kuopio, Finland

Professor Jari Tiihonen, Department of Forensic Psychiatry, University of Eastern Finland, Niuvanniemi Hospital, Kuopio, Finland; Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; and Center for Psychiatry Research, Stockholm, Sweden.

Adjunct Professor Sami Leppämäki, Department of Psychiatry, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.

Adjunct Professor Samuli Saarni, ‎CEO, healthcare management coach and consultant, ‎Public Value Oy, Project manager, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland 

Adjunct Professor Maija Lindgren, National Institute of Health and Wellfare, Helsinki, Finland.

Adjunct Professor Anna Sofia Sarvasmaa, National Institute of Health and Wellfare, Helsinki, Finland.

Instructions for authors

Psychiatria Fennica publishes the following article types: case reports, letters to the Editor, original research articles, reviews.

Manuscripts are accepted in English.

General rules for all article types:

– includes abstract with no specified structure and a list of 4-8 keywords

– a word count is unlimited 

– the references shall follow Vancouver style

– a manuscript must include the contact information of the author 

– a manuscript shall be sent by e-mail as an attachment (a word document preferred) to psykiatrian.tutkimussaatio@psy.fi 

– for the next issue the manuscripts should arrive at latest on the 19th of June, 2022, and the issue will be published during autumn 2022

– for more information: psykiatrian.tutkimussaatio@psy.fi 

Editorial process (peer review)

Peer-review is the system used to assess the quality of a manuscript before it is published. Independent researchers in the relevant research area assess submitted manuscripts for originality, validity and significance in order to help editors determine whether the manuscript should be published in their journal.

Psychiatria Fennica operates a single-blind peer-review system, where the reviewers will get knowledge of the names and affiliations of the authors, but the reviewer reports provided to the authors are anonymous. Submitted manuscripts will generally be reviewed by one to two experts who will be asked to evaluate whether the manuscript is scientifically sound and coherent, whether it duplicates already published work, and whether or not the manuscript is sufficiently clear for publication. Reviewers will also be asked to indicate how interesting and significant the manuscript is. The Editors will reach a decision based on these reports and, where necessary, they will consult with members of the Editorial Board.

Licensing terms

This journal uses a CC BY license.

Tämä teos on lisensoitu Creative Commons Nimeä 4.0 Kansainvälinen -lisenssillä.

All articles published by the Psychiatria Fennica are made freely and permanently accessible online immediately upon publication, without subscription charges or registration barriers.

As authors of articles published in the Psychiatria Fennica are the copyright holders of their article and have granted to any third party, in advance and in perpetuity, the right to use, reproduce or disseminate their article.

Copyright terms

The author retains unrestricted copyrights and publishing rights.

Authors of articles published in the Psychiatria Fennica retain the copyright of their articles and are free to reproduce and disseminate their work.

Author charges

The journal doesn’t have any charges for authors.  

Archiving policy

The journal is archived by the Finnish Foundation for Psychiatric Research and National Library of Finland. 

ISSN: 2489-6152