The International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research (MPR) publishes high-standard original research of a technical, methodological, experimental and clinical nature, contributing to the theory, methodology, practice and evaluation of mental and behavioural disorders. The journal targets in particular detailed methodological and design papers from major national and international multicentre studies. There is a close working relationship with the US National Institute of Mental Health, the World Health Organisation (WHO) Diagnostic Instruments Committees, as well as several other European and international organisations.
MPR aims to publish rapidly articles of highest methodological quality in such areas as epidemiology, biostatistics, generics, psychopharmacology, psychology and the neurosciences. Articles informing about innovative and critical methodological, statistical and clinical issues, including nosology, can be submitted as regular papers and brief reports. Reviews are only occasionally accepted.
MPR seeks to monitor, discuss, influence and improve the standards of mental health and behavioral neuroscience research by providing a platform for rapid publication of outstanding contributions. As a quarterly journal MPR is a major source of information and ideas and is an important medium for students, clinicians and researchers in psychiatry, clinical psychology, epidemiology and the allied disciplines in the mental health field.
Effective with the 2012 volume, the journal will be published in an online-only format.

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Professor Dr Hans-Ulrich Wittchen
Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technische Universität Dresden
Chemnitzer Str 46, 01187 Dresden, Germany and Max-Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich
Tel: (+49) 351-463 36983, Fax: (+49) 351-463 36984
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Katja Beesdo-Baum
Behavioural Epidemiology, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
ASSISTANT EDITOR
Sebastian Trautmann
Medical School Hamburg, Department Psychologie
Am Kaiserkai 1, 20457 Hamburg, Germany
E-mail: ijmpr@mailbox.tu-dresden.de
EDITORIAL OFFICE
E-mail: IJMPReditorialoffice@wiley.com
ADVISORY BOARD
Adrian Angold
Duke University, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Durham, USA
Bernhard Baune
Royal Adelaide Hospital, The University of Adelaide. Adelaide, Australia
Wim van den Brink
Department of Psychiatry, University of Amsterdam. Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Gerhard Bühringer
Work group Addictive Behaviors, Risk Analysis and Risk Management, Technische Universität Dresden. Dresden, Germany
Jane Costello
Duke University, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Durham, USA
Bruno Falissard
Paul Brousse Hospital. Villejuif, France
David M. Fergusson
Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences. Christchurch, New Zealand
Philippe Fossati
Université Pierre & Marie Curie Paris VI. Paris, France
Steven G Heeringa
Population Studies Center, University of Michigan. Ann Arbor, USA
Anthony F Jorm
University of Melbourne. Melbourne, Australia
Ronald C Kessler
Harvard Medical School. Boston, USA
Helena Kraemer
Stanford University. Standford, USA
Ludwig Kraus
IFT Institut für Therapieforschung. Munich, Germany
David Kupfer
Western Psych. Pittsburgh, USA
Jean-Pièrre Lépine
Université Paris Descartes. Paris, France
Roberto Lewis-Fernández
Columbia University. New York, USA
Roselind Lieb
Universität Basel. Basel, Switzerland
Maria Melchior
Hôpital Paul-Brousse. Villejuif Cedex, France
Terrie Moffitt
University of Southern California. Los Angeles, USA
Stuart Montgomery
OCD Action. London, UK
David Nutt
University of Bristol. Bristol, UK
David Pittrow
Technische Universität Dresden, Public Health. Dresden, Germany
Darrel A Regier
American Psychiatric Association (APA). Arlington, USA
Jürgen Rehm
University of Toronto. Toronto, Canada
Oliver Riedel
Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology. Bremen, Germany
Veit Rösner
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Dresden University of Technology. Dresden, Germany
Maritza Rubio-Stipec
American Psychiatric Association (APA). Arlington, USA
Norman Sartorius
Washington University School of Medicine. St. Louis, USA
Meir Steiner
McMaster University. Toronto, Canada
Joel Swendsen
Aquitaine Institute for Cognitive and Integrative Neuroscience (INCIA), University of Bordeaux 2. Bordeaux, France
Michele Tansella
Università degli Studi di Verona. Verona, Italy
Myrna Weissman
Columbia University. New York, USA