Australian e-Journal for the Advancement of Mental Health (AeJAMH) aims to nurture and encourage understanding of promotion, prevention and early intervention for mental health within a multidisciplinary forum.
Rationale
The areas of promotion, prevention and early intervention in mental health have been relatively neglected in academic and scientific journals. However, recent surveys have highlighted their significance.
The "National Survey of Mental Health and Well-Being" of Australians showed that ten to twenty per cent of the population had significant mental health problems or mental disorders (McLennan 1998). All ages are affected. The prevalence of mental health problems and mental disorders among children and adolescents was similar to that found among adults.
Given the numbers of people involved (about 2 million in Australia), it is very unlikely that heavily pressured secondary and tertiary services will ever be able to deal adequately with the mental disorders in the community. A large proportion of people in need will miss out. For this reason, there has been interest in the possibilities offered by mental health promotion, prevention and early intervention. These approaches may be the key to the problems posed by mental health as a public health issue.
AeJAMH is a forum for researchers and practitioners from different disciplines, cultures and countries to come together in order to achieve conceptual clarity and advance the development, evaluation, and implementation of effective strategies.
Information for Contributors
Australian e-Journal for the Advancement of Mental Health (AeJAMH) accepts a broad range of submissions. This includes original research, reviews, description of innovative services, and comments on policy, history, politics, economics and ethics as they relate to promotion, prevention and early intervention for mental health.
Contributions are welcome from scientists, social scientists, clinicians, consumers, carers, practitioners and academics and policy makers from a wide range of disciplines. We provide a forum for young researchers and actively seek out those undertaking higher degrees or preparing dissertations that may be relevant. One member of the editorial board has a particular interest in this area.
Topics of interest for the Journal include theoretical articles, empirical studies, applied research, evaluation studies of innovative or traditional programs, analysis of population needs and service reorientation studies involving questions for administrators and policy makers. We are interested in receiving contributions from clinicians and practitioners working with marginalised groups. We are especially interested in Indigenous related issues and programs.
Submission: The submission of an article implies a commitment on the part of the author to publish in this journal. Thus, authors who submit an article should not simultaneously submit that article to other journals. Articles can be attachments to email messages (preferably as Word documents) or copied to a disk and mailed to the Editor (contact details below). Each article should be accompanied by a title page that includes all authors' names, institutional affiliations, addresses, telephone numbers and (if applicable) e-mail addresses, and a nominated author for correspondence.
Style: Articles should be double-spaced and use a 12 point Times New Roman font throughout - including quotations, references and notes. Articles should conform to English spelling conventions e.g. organisation not organization. Please do not apply a customised format style or template to the headings or the body of the work.
Length: There are no stringent limitations upon the length of submissions. As a general guide, articles should be between 2500-5000 words, however, longer and shorter works will also be considered.
Abstract and Key Words: When submitting an article for The Australian e-Journal for the Advancement of Mental Health please preface it with an informative abstract (200 - 250 words) summarising its main points, and identify 6 key words to facilitate library database searching.
Pejorative Language: Please refrain from using sexist, discriminatory or any other disrespectful language.
Referencing Format: The preferred format for referencing is an author/date system. When referencing works in the text, cite the last name of the author and the year of publication. For example:
If the author's name is in the text, then follow it with the year in parentheses, e.g., "...Foucault (1980)."
If the author's name is not in the text, then enclose the last name and year in parentheses, e.g., "...(Bramwell, 1997)."
Separate a series of references with semicolons, e.g., (Baudrillard, 1997; Cox, 1995; Lomas, 2000). Pagination should follow the year of publication after a colon, e.g., "...(Smythe, 1984: 44)."
A reference list should follow the text in a section titled "References". All references used in the text should also be listed in the references section and vice versa. List the references alphabetically by author. If there are two or more items by the same author, then list them in order of the year of publication. If two or more works cited are by the same author within the same year, then distinguish them by adding letters (e.g., a, b, c, etc.). Examples of various referencing formats follow:
Periodicals
Weare, K. (2001). Building bridges between mental health and education. International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, 3(4), 35-44.
Books
Sayce, L. (2000). From Psychiatric Patient to Citizen: Overcoming Discrimination and Social Exclusion. London: Macmillan Press.
Edited Collections
McCallum, D. (1997). Mental health, criminality and the human sciences. In A. Petersen and R. Bunton (Eds.). Foucault: Health and Medicine (pp53-73). London: Routledge.
Online Articles
Valdiserri, R. (2002). HIV/AIDS stigma: An impediment to Public Health. American Journal of Public Health, 92, 341-342. http://www.ajph.org/cgi/content/full/92/3/341
World Wide Web pages
Include in your reference:
author(s);
date (either a last update or copyright date);
title of the page (from the browser's title bar) in italics and with maximal capitalisation;
the URL; and
the access date, in brackets, in the form (24 March 2002).
Examples
A webpage with an author
Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health 2002. Acute inpatient care being neglected in drive to set up new services, says SCM. http://www.scmh.org.uk/wbm23.ns4/WebLaunch/LaunchMe (accessed 24 March 2002).
A webpage with no author
When you can't determine the author(s) of a webpage, set out your reference as follows:
Page Title. Last update or copyright date. URL (Date accessed).
Nursing Theory Page. 9 July 2000-last update. http://www.ualberta.ca/~jrnorris/nt/theory.html (accessed 27 July 2000).
Suggested Citation
A reference to an article in AeJAMH should conform in content to the following example (and must include the url):
Donovan, R.J., Henley, N., Jalleh, G., Siburn, S., Zubrick, S. & Williams, A. (2006). The impact on mental health in others of those in a position of authority: a perspective of parents, teachers, trainers and supervisors. Australian e-Journal for the Advancement of Mental Health 5(1) www.auseinet.com/journal/vol5iss1/donovan.pdf (accessed 10 July 2006).
ISSN
AeJAMH has been assigned the following ISSN: 1446-7984.
AeJAMH has been included in the National Library of Australia's PANDORA (Preserving and Accessing Networked Documentary Resources of Australia) Archive, which enables the archiving and provision of long term access to online Australian publications. Additional information about PANDORA can be found on the Library's server at: http://pandora.nla.gov.au/index.html
Submit an article:
Submit an article as an email attachment to The Editor Anne O'Hanlon. Confirm in the email that the work is original and that the article has not been submitted or published elsewhere.
Further information:
For any other enquiries please contact:
Anne O'Hanlon
Editor, AeJAMH
Auseinet
Flinders University
GPO Box 2100
Adelaide South Australia 5001