Practice Innovations

The Practice Innovation section of the Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health focuses on innovative mental health and/or substance use services. The intent is to rapidly publish innovative practices in the field in order to enhance early knowledge exchange among and between service providers, users, researchers, policy makers, funders and other stakeholders.

Articles should be 1500 words or less with no more than five references. Please include:

• A title page listing all authors and their organizational affiliations and the contact information (including email) of the corresponding author;
• An introductory paragraph describing the pertinent background, the rationale for the innovation, disclosure of the nature of the authors' involvement with the innovative practice, and identified conflicts of interests (if any);
• A short abstract (50 words or less) written in both English and French.
• One or more paragraphs describing the innovative practice and reported experience with it; 
• One paragraph suggesting implications and relevant future directions; and 
• List of references (if any).

Please submit articles as a Microsoft Word document (formatted in the Journal’s style) with the words Practice Innovation in the email's subject line followed by the title of the submission.

All submissions will be reviewed with email feedback provided to the corresponding author usually within one month of submission. Submissions will be accepted as is, accepted with minor revisions, returned for resubmission with major revisions, declined, or returned for resubmission to another section of the journal (with explanation).

Please submit Practice Innovation articles via the Journal’s manuscript submission site: http://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/cjcmh/index