Evidence-Based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health (EPCAMH) is a peer-reviewed journal publishing clinically relevant work on a broad range of topics.
EPCAMH is the official clinical journal of the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology (SCCAP).
The journal’s primary mission is dissemination of evidence-based practices to a wide range of mental health practitioners, and to increase knowledge about the expertise, scope, diversity, and practice of clinical child and adolescent psychologists.
EPCAMH welcomes submissions on a number of topics, including, but not limited to:
- Quality improvement studies that enhance care delivery
- Clinical case series that provide novel insights into care provision
- Reviews of current issues that impact youth mental health
- Ethical conundrums
- Training and professional practice issues
- Systems-of-care issues
- Advances in assessment
- Dissemination and implementation of evidence-based practices
- Mini-practice manuals
- Historical perspectives
The journal accepts: Regular Articles, Brief Reports, Commentaries, and Letters to the Editor.
EPCAMH follows a double anonymized peer review policy.
Manuscripts should be prepared according to the guidelines in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th edition). as well as inclusive language guidelines. 1 At the time of submission to, or throughout the review process at EPCAMH, manuscripts must not be under review or consideration at another journal. Typing instructions, including format, organization, and the preparation of figures, tables, and references appear in the Manual.
Empirical manuscripts should conform to the criteria listed in Table 1 of the 2008 APA Publications and Communications Board Working Group on Journal Article Reporting Standards (published in American Psychologist). Reports of randomized clinical trials must conform to CONSORT reporting standards, including the submission of a flow diagram and checklist. Nonrandomized clinical trials must conform to TREND criteria. Meta-analyses should conform to MARS standards (see Table 4 in 2008 American Psychologist article).
Quality improvement articles should follow SQUIRE guidelines, as articulated in this journal’s 2019 article.
Regular Articles may not exceed 35 pages, including references, footnotes, sample clinical dialogue, figures, and tables. Supplemental materials may include tables, figures, and appendix material and do not count against the page limit. Brief Reports may not exceed 4,500 words for text and references. These limits do not include the title page, abstract, author note, footnotes, tables, and figures. Manuscripts exceeding these page limits or not prepared according to Manual guidelines will be returned to authors without review . Commentaries are by editor invitation and written by key clinical opinion leaders within the broad field of child and adolescent mental health. These articles provide a brief summary of important issues warranting attention by the practice community and pertinent to clinical child and adolescent psychology. Letters to the Editor may be in response to regular articles, brief reports, or commentaries, or raise issues of concern to the journal’s audience. They may not exceed 750 words, inclusive of 5 or fewer references and one table or figure. All submissions undergo peer review.
All Regular Articles, Brief Reports, and Commentaries must include a title of 15 words or less. Regular Articles and Brief Reports require an abstract of up to 250 words, presented in paragraph form. Avoid abbreviations, diagrams, and reference to the text in the abstract. A list of up to five keywords that describe central themes of the manuscript should be included below the abstract on page 2.
Authors can choose to publish gold open access in this journal.
Read the Instructions for Authors for information on how to submit your article.
1 American Psychological Association. (2021). Inclusive Language Guide (apa.org)
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