%0 Journal Article
%T Annals of General Psychiatry
%A Konstantinos Fountoulakis
%J Annals of General Psychiatry
%D 2005
%I BioMed Central
%R 10.1186/1744-859x-4-3
%X Since January 1st, 2005 the title of our journal has changed from Annals of General Hospital Psychiatry (AGHP) to Annals of General Psychiatry (AGP).The AGHP was launched in September 2002 as an Open Access, peer-reviewed, online journal covering the wider field of Psychiatry, Neurosciences and Psychological Medicine. It was aimed at publishing articles on all aspects of psychiatry.However, it seems that the title caused a certain degree of confusion. As a reflection of this confusion, we received a lot of questions from colleagues asking whether their paper would fit the journal or not. These colleagues had authored general psychiatry papers, definitely inside the scopes of the journal, but their impression was that the journal, because of its title, had to do only with 'psychological medicine', 'psychosomatic medicine', 'consultation-liaison psychiatry' and similar areas, and not with general psychiatry as part of the medical model and tradition.Repeated efforts from our side to change this impression were largely unsuccessful. So, changing the title seemed to be the only solution left in order to cure this misunderstanding.So, now the Annals of General Psychiatry (AGP) is born! The web site has changed to http://www.annals-general-psychiatry.com webcite. Our editorial board has been enlarged to include eminent figures from the field of Psychiatry. It is still an Open Access, peer-reviewed, online journal covering the wider field of Psychiatry, Neurosciences and Psychological Medicine, and aims at publishing articles on all aspects of psychiatry. Primary research articles are the journal's priority, and both basic and clinical neuroscience contributions are encouraged. The AGP strongly supports and follows the principles of evidence-based medicine.The AGP is not a new journal. Instead, it is the continuation of the AGHP. It emphasizes a biopsychosocial approach to illness and health, and where possible a wider dialogue will be opened on specific articles thereby p
%U http://www.annals-general-psychiatry.com/content/4/1/3