Question 1

What is Evidence & Reflections?

Accepted Answer

It is the part of PsychBase where mental health professionals publish evidence summaries, write up clinical reflections, and discuss openly how mental health care is practised in different countries and services. Every article is written by someone who does this work, and the discussion underneath it is part of the article.

Question 2

Who can write for Evidence & Reflections?

Accepted Answer

Any mental health professional. That includes psychiatrists, psychologists, psychotherapists, mental health nurses, counsellors, social workers, occupational therapists and trainees in these fields. Submissions go through the contribute page, and the editorial team reads each one for clarity, relevance and professional integrity before it is published.

Question 3

Is Evidence & Reflections free to read?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Articles and the discussions under them are open to read without an account. Commenting, saving articles and following a discussion require a free PsychBase account.

Question 4

Is this space genuinely co-created, or is it an editorial publication?

Accepted Answer

It is co-created. Evidence & Reflections is shaped by what mental health professionals submit and by the disagreements in the comments rather than by a single editorial voice. Editors review and curate, but they do not decide what conclusion the space should reach.

Question 5

Is it only for doctors and psychotherapists?

Accepted Answer

No. Mental health care is delivered by nurses, social workers, counsellors, occupational therapists, psychologists and support staff as much as by psychiatrists and psychotherapists, and all of them can read, comment and publish here on the same terms.

Question 6

What is your policy on pharmaceutical companies and industry influence?

Accepted Answer

Discussion of new treatments, including pharmacological ones, is welcome. Articles submitted by pharmaceutical companies, or by authors with a direct commercial interest, go through additional editorial supervision and carry a publication fee. The purpose of this space is clinical understanding rather than marketing, so commercial involvement is stated on the article.

Question 7

Is this only about research?

Accepted Answer

No. Evidence matters, and so do clinical judgment, therapeutic experience and cultural context. Evidence & Reflections exists to hold research and practice in the same place instead of treating them as separate conversations.

Question 8

Is anything published here clinical advice?

Accepted Answer

No. Articles and comments are professional discussion between colleagues. They are not treatment guidance, and they do not replace the reader's own clinical judgment or the guidelines that apply where they work.

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