該雜志提供了精神病學領域簡短而完整的研究報告的快速出版。該雜志的范圍包括:(1)人類行為的生化、生理、遺傳、心理和社會決定因素;(2)評價人的行為和主觀狀態;(3)軀體和非軀體精神治療評價。此外，還發表了神經藥理學、神經化學、神經內分泌學、電生理學、心理學、遺傳學和腦成像等領域的臨床相關基礎研究報告。重要的方法學進步，如儀器、臨床量表和直接適用于精神病學研究的分析方法，也是適當的。簡要的評論，理論貢獻，以及給編輯的信將被考慮。

The journal provides very rapid publication of short but complete research reports in the field of psychiatry. The scope of the journal encompasses: (1) Biochemical, physiological, genetic, psychological, and social determinants of human behavior; (2) assessment of human behavior and subjective state; (3) evaluation of somatic and non-somatic psychiatric treatments. In addition, reports of clinically related basic studies in the fields of neuropharmacology, neurochemistry, neuroendocrinology, electrophysiology, psychology, genetics, and brain imaging are published. Significant methodological advances such as instrumentation, clinical scales, and assays directly applicable to psychiatric research are also appropriate. Brief reviews, theoretical contributions, and letters to the editor will be considered.