Archives of General Psychiatry is an international peer-reviewed journal published 12 times a year. The journal strives to publish studies and commentaries of general interest to clinicians, scholars, and research scientists in psychiatry, mental health, behavioural science, and allied fields. The Archives seeks to inform and to educate its readers as well as to stimulate debate and further exploration into the nature, causes, treatment, and public health importance of mental illness.
The online version of Archives of General Psychiatry is made freely available or nearly so to institutions in countries with a per person GDP of $3000 or less, through the World Health Organization’s HINARI program.