Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering the epidemiology of psychiatric disorders. It was established in 1966 under the name Social Psychiatry, obtaining its current name in 1988.^[1][2] It is published by Springer-Nature.

LanguageEnglish

EditedbyUlrich Reininghaus

Former name

Social Psychiatry

History1966-present

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Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Language	English
Edited by	Ulrich Reininghaus
Publication details
Former name	Social Psychiatry
History	1966-present
Publisher	Springer Nature
Frequency	Monthly
Impact factor	3.5 (2025)
Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt )
ISO 4	Soc. Psychiatry Psychiatr. Epidemiol.
Indexing CODEN (alt · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR · NLM (alt) · Scopus · W&L
CODEN	SPPEEM
ISSN	0933-7954 (print) 1433-9285 (web)
OCLC no.	647424351
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In 2026, Ulrich Reininghaus (Central Institute of Mental Health; ZI Mannheim) became the sole editor-in-chief, prior to a period (2014-2026) as Joint-EiC with Craig Morgan (King's College London). The current Deputy Editor-in-Chief is James B. Kirkbride (UCL).

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2025 impact factor of 3.5.^[3]