Call for papers

• Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health (CAPMH) is issuing a call for submissions on child and adolescent mental health related to the Covid-19 pandemic.
• Articles will be accepted on a rolling basis and organized into a thematic collection with overarching editorials.
• The series will remain open until December 2024.
• Any aspect of mental health in children and adolescents could be suitable for this collection, so long as there is a clear connection to the Covid-19 pandemic. 
• For example, articles could address clinical system delivery, policy initiatives, telehealth, or innovative educational approaches – among many others.
• We especially encourage collaborative efforts within and between different regions of the world.
• Empirical studies using quantitative, qualitative or mixed method submissions are appropriate. 
• Commentaries or other non-data-based submissions may be considered but are less likely to be suitable for publication.
• CAPMH is an open-access journal. As such, there are publication costs for authors of accepted articles. Fees depend on the authors’ regions and institutions of origin.
• We encourage submissions from low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) and have the ability to waive fees for authors with demonstrated need on a case-by-case basis.
• Given the acute and rapidly changing nature of the pandemic, we are committed to providing a rapid editorial decision, with a first decision submitted to authors no later than 3 weeks from the time of submission.
• All submissions will be peer reviewed, and an invitation to submit a manuscript does not imply its acceptance. 
• We encourage inquiries prior to submission through contact with the theme series editors, who can be reached here.
• More information about CAPMH, including instructions for authors, is available here. 
• Once ready, submissions can be uploaded through SNAPP by clicking here.

Theme series co-editors:

Anna Ordóñez, MD, MAS National Institute of Mental Health Bethesda, MD, USA anna.ordonez@nih.gov	Dr. Andreas Witt, PHD Universitäre Psychiatrische Dienste (UPD) Bern, Switzerland Andreas.Witt@upd.ch
Andrés Martin, MD, MPH Yale Child Study Center New Haven, CT, USA andres.martin@yale.edu	Prof. Dr. med. Jörg M. Fegert Universitätsklinikum Ulm Ulm, Germany Joerg.Fegert@uniklinik-ulm.de