Special Issue on Depression and Anxiety

Depression is a state of low mood and aversion to activity that can affect a person's thoughts, behavior, feelings, and sense of well-being. Anxiety is an emotion characterized by an unpleasant state of inner turmoil, often accompanied by nervous behavior, such as pacing back and forth, somatic complaints, and rumination. These two moods affect human health and social behaviors in many aspects.

In this special issue, we intend to invite front-line researchers and authors to submit original research and review articles on Depression and Anxiety. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

• Diagnostic evaluation and psychometrics
• Treatment and prevention
• Counseling and psychotherapy
• Cognitive-behavioral therapy
• Neuromodulation treatments
• Prevalence and development
• Depression, anxiety and chronic disease
• Patterns of emotions
• Bipolar disorder
• Obsessive-compulsive disorder
• PTSD
• Suicide
• Cognitive impairment
• Personality and depression
• Postpartum depression
• Depression and COVID-19
• Relationship between anxiety and depression
• Sociodemographic factors
• Risk factors

Authors should read over the journal’s For Authors carefully before submission. Prospective authors should submit an electronic copy of their complete manuscript through the journal’s Paper Submission System.

Please kindly notice that the “Special Issue” under your manuscript title is supposed to be specified and the research field “Special Issue – Depression and Anxiety” should be chosen during your submission.

According to the following timetable:

For publishing inquiries, please feel free to contact the Editorial Assistant at submission.entrance1@scirp.org

PSYCH Editorial Office

psych@scirp.org