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Preparation and submission of articles

The aim of the Journal is to promote global dialogue, collaboration and action toward the advancement of training, practice, research and policy in school mental health promotion.

Articles submitted to the journal must be original work (not published or simultaneously submitted to another journal) and must be copyrighted to this journal unless the authors reserve the rights to themselves, before publication, by agreement with the editor.

Submissions should be sent to: mweist@psych.umaryland.edu

Further information concerning submissions

General

• Papers should normally be no more than 7,000 words in length except by prior agreement with the Academic Editor, Mark Weist. They should be accompanied by a covering letter detailing permissions to reproduce any previously published material or to use illustrations that may identify individuals.
• Manuscripts should be typed in the English language double-spaced with a minimum of 3cm-wide margins.
• The following information should also be included: name, address, status of author, e-mail address and address for correspondence. Formatting and layout should be kept to a minimum.

Tables and illustrations

• Tables should not repeat data that are available elsewhere in the article e.g. in a figure.
• Any illustrations, charts or graphs that are being reprinted from elsewhere will need copyright clearance. Obtaining permission to reproduce such items is the responsibility of the author, together with any payments that the copyright holder deems necessary. If you have difficulty obtaining permission to reprint an item, please inform the editor.
• Photographs should be tif or jpg files.
• Figures (drawings and photographs) should be placed at the end of the article, together with appropriate captions.

Abstracts

• Articles should be prefaced with an abstract, of between 100 and 150 words in length, summarising the main points discussed in the article. This will greatly help the speed and accuracy with which the article can be included on major library databases.

References

• All references cited should be included in full at the end of the article and give the following information: author, date, title of book or title of article and journal, journal volume, page numbers, place of publication and publisher. Example:

  Emerson, E., Beasley, F., Offord, G. & Mansell, J. (1992) An evaluation of hospital-based specialised staffed housing for people with seriously challenging behaviours. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research 36 291–307.

• In the text, refer to references by name and date; for example: (Smith, 1994) or (Emerson et al, 1992). Where there is more than one reference by the same author, add a, b or c to distinguish them: (Smith, 1994a).

Copyright

Copyright for all published material in the journal is held by The Clifford Beers Foundation unless otherwise specifically stated. Authors and illustrators may use their own material elsewhere after publication without permission but The Clifford Beers Foundation asks that this note be included in any such use: ‘first published in Advances in School Mental Health Promotion… issue no…’

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