The journal will connect experts from across the mental health, counselling psychology, psychiatric, behavioural medicine, and social science communities as well as those with a lived experience of the topics PLOS covers.
By rapidly disseminating research and ideas from a broad range of disciplines and diverse global, local, and individual contexts, PLOS strives to enable deeper understanding, discussion, and action in addressing challenges in the field and improve health and well-being globally.
PLOS Mental Health will be a global, multidisciplinary, Open Access journal that brings together research relevant to improving the mental health and well-being of all people around the world. Work published in the journal will range from academic research, clinical research, technology to support improved mental health, the impacts on social inclusion, to policy and governance.
Dr Rochelle Burgess said: “This journal is launching at a time when we are witnessing a huge disruption in the status quo. Most importantly, a challenge to whose voices and whose knowledge counts in mental health, and the sciences more broadly. With the launch of PLOS Mental Health, we have an opportunity to chart a new course for the ways in which mainstream and critical mental health perspectives are in dialogue with each other, which will have such positive implications for mental health policy and practice globally. It is an absolute dream to be a part of this from day one”.