Human Psychopharmacology: Clinical and Experimental provides a forum for the evaluation of clinical and experimental research on both new and established psychotropic medicines. Experimental studies of other centrally active drugs, including herbal products, in clinical, social and psychological contexts, as well as clinical/scientific papers on drugs of abuse and drug dependency will also be considered. While the primary purpose of the Journal is to publish the results of clinical research, the results of animal studies relevant to human psychopharmacology are welcome. The following topics are of special interest to the editors and readers of the Journal:
All aspects of clinical psychopharmacology
Efficacy and safety studies of novel and standard psychotropic drugs
Studies of the adverse effects of psychotropic drugs
Effects of psychotropic drugs on normal physiological processes
Geriatric and paediatric psychopharmacology
Ethical and psychosocial aspects of drug use and misuse
Psychopharmacological aspects of sleep and chronobiology
Neuroimaging and psychoactive drugs
Phytopharmacology and psychoactive substances
Drug treatment of neurological disorders
Mechanisms of action of psychotropic drugs
Ethnopsychopharmacology
Pharmacogenetic aspects of mental illness and drug response
Psychometrics: psychopharmacological methods and experimental design


Human Psychopharmacology comprises Original Articles, Short Communications (not exceeding 1500 words) and Reviews. Editorials are by invitation, but suggestions are welcome.