PLOS mental health.
Last updated ISSN 2837-8156
PLOS mental health. is published by Public Library of Science in psychology. It is open access. The article processing charge is $2,496.
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What it publishes
Recent work in PLOS mental health. concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Mental Health and Patient Involvement
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
Key facts
| Publisher | Public Library of Science |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 2837-8156 |
| Subject area | Psychology |
| Access | Open access |
| Article processing charge | $2,496 |
| Indexed in | DOAJ |
| Articles published | 599 |
| Publishing since | 2024 |
| Journal website | journals.plos.org/mentalhealth |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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