SALUD MENTAL journal invites professionals in psychiatry and psychology, as well as those in similar sciences, to submit original papers related to Mental Health to be considered for publication. The quality of the papers will be determined by the journal editorial committee. Articles accepted should not be published before in the future. They will become property of SALUD MENTAL and can not be can translated or reprinted without the written permission of the Director-Editor of this journal.

The articles should be written in Spanish or English in a concise and clear way. Three complete copies of the paper, including tables and figures, should be sent to the Director-Editor, together with a digital copy, in a Word document, in a compact disc (CD) or a digital versatile disc (DVD). The text should be written, double-spaced, on computer, in 12 pts. Courier new font-type, with minimum margins of 2.5 cm. PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT THE HARD COPY TEXT IS ABSOLUTELY IDENTICAL TO THE ONE INCLUDED IN THE CD. Pages must be consecutively numbered, starting by the title page.

First page: Title of the paper in Spanish and English; name or names of the the authors; and name and address of the the institution where they work, and the corresponding author's address and e-mail. Only authors who actually participated in writing the article (generally, four at most) should be included. Those involved to a lesser degree may be mentioned in a footnote. Institutions or researchers that supported the project may be included in an Acknowledgement at the end of the article.

Articles written in Spanish must include a six-page summary in English and a three-page summary in Spanish. If written in English, they must be accompanied by a three-page summary in English and a four-page summary in Spanish. Summaries must clearly reflect the contents of the article. Reference numbers must not be included in the summary and the resumen (Spanish summary). The whole article must not exceed 30 pages and must include from three to five key words both in Spanish and English. Including in them both summaries and references. Graphs and tables are presented separately.

The article should be sent in a thick paper envelope enclosing a letter from the main author, together with his/her address clearly indicated. This letter should state that the article contents have been approved by all the authors, all of who must sign it accordingly. When necessary, copies of the authorizations for the reproduction material and the use of patients' photographs should be included.

Each table and figure should be sent in a separate sheets of paper using Arabic numerals to indicate where they are to be inserted in the article. Tables and figures titles and captions, as well as footnotes, should be brief and clear, and identified by numerals.

Figures and photographs must be sent well-protected in another envelope. Photographs must be well-contrasted and printed in glossy paper no larger than 20.3 x 25.4 cm. The article name and number of the figure or photograph should be indicated at the back, with an arrow signaling the top.

Articles must be organized as follows: 1. Summary; 2. Resumen (Spanish Summary); 3. Introduction, an explanation about the background and objectives of the research; 4. Material and methods, detailed information about experimental work and technology used; 5. Results, a precise and concise description of these, using, whenever possible, quantitative terms; 6. Discussion, an argumentation about the importance of results and interpretative limitations; 7. Acknowledgements to people and funding having supported the research; 8. References.

All papers involving human and animal subjects must include a copy of the letter of approval by the respective Ethics and Research Committees from the pertaining institutions, according to the prevailing rules from Health Ministries or Departments.

Authors must be sure that reference numbers used in the text correspond to those included at the end of the article. References should be alphabetically ordered according to the main author's surname. The name of the different journals should be abbreviated according to the abbreviations list of the Index Medicus.

Some examples are given below as to of the order and punctuation references should follow, depending on the source. Authors must strictly follow this format.

Scientific journals:

CANDIA O, FAVALE E, GUISSANIA A, ROSSI G F: Blood pressure during natural sleep and during sleep induced by electrical stimulation of the brain stem reticular formation. Arch Ital Biol 1962, 100:216-233.

Books by one author :

BERMAN AL: The Brain of the Cat; a Cytoarchitectonic Atlas with Stereotaxic Coordinates. 3rd. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press; 1968.

Chapters in a books by several authors :

Myers MG, Brown SA, Tate S, Abrantes A et al. Toward brief interventions for adolescents with substance abuse prevention and comorbid psychiatric problems. En: Monti PM, Colby SM, O'Leary TA (eds). Adolescents, alcohol, and substance abuse. New York: Guilford Press; 2001.

References, including those in tables or figures legends, should be numbered consecutively as they are cited, with super-script Arabic numerals: “…hippocampal stimulation. ²,³,²°,,

Or, if necessary, follow the names of authors by their corresponding reference number in parenthesis: “ Wada and Sato's ²° method was used for...”

Only texts which have been already which published or posted on the Web may be cited as references. Mentions to internal reports, photocopies, papers under assessment, personal communications and unpublished lectures may appear as footnotes.

The authors of accepted articles transfer their copyrights so that SALUD MENTAL is entitled to use them in any physical or electronic way, including Internet.

Single Article Reprints
Twenty-five reprints for $800.00 pesos or 95.00 US dollars.

Authors should contact the printer:
       Composición Editorial Láser, S.A. de C.V.
       m.izaguirre@edilaser.net

Mail should be sent to the Director-Editor at the following address:
Calz. México-Xochimilco 101
Col. San Lorenzo Huipulco
Deleg. Tlalpan
14370 México, D.F.
Fax: 56 55 28 11 ext. 441
email: perezrh@imp.edu.mx