Truthful communication of mental science: pledge to our patients and profession
Recent changes in US government priorities have serious negative implications for science that will compromise the integrity of mental health research, which focuses on vulnerable populations. Therefore, as editors of mental science journals and custodians of the academic record, we confirm with conviction our collective commitment to communicating the truth.
Authors
- Andrea Cipriani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5179-8321)
- Fiammetta Cosci (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5022-0488)
- Gregers Wegener (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0081-0068)
- Robin Emsley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1250-6888)
- Paola Dazzan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8427-3617)
- Gin S. Malhi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4524-9091)
- Döst Öngür (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8151-5759)
- Benedicto Crespo‐Facorro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0033-7132)
- Ida Hageman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4175-0946)
- Lakshmi N. Yatham (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7405-0954)
- Karen L. Cropsey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6921-3440)
- Susan Redline (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6585-1610)
- Roger Mulder (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8147-5838)
- Winfried Rief (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7019-2250)
- Steve R Kisely (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4021-2924)
- John Harrison Krystal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6952-1726)
- Jeffrey CL Looi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3351-6911)
- Carmine M. Pariante (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9132-5091)
- Joan Marsh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3494-9324)
- Lynn E. DeLisi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2434-170X)
- Cameron Carter
- Rajiv Tandon
Institutions
- Australian National University (AU)
- University of Copenhagen (DK)
- Cambridge Health Alliance (US)
- Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- Dalhousie University (CA)
- Harvard University (US)
- Western Michigan University (US)
- University of British Columbia (CA)
- Philipps University of Marburg (DE)
- King's College London (GB)
- University of California, Irvine (US)
- Aarhus University (DK)
- Stellenbosch University (ZA)
- Royal North Shore Hospital (AU)
- Mental Health Services (DK)
- McLean Hospital (US)
- Princess Alexandra Hospital (AU)
- Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Aarhus University Hospital (DK)
- Copenhagen University Hospital (DK)
- Tygerberg Hospital (ZA)
- Warneford Hospital (GB)
- University of Alabama at Birmingham (US)
- Yale University (US)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Metro South Health (AU)
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (ES)
- Northern Sydney Local Health District (AU)
- BC Mental Health & Substance Use Services (CA)
- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (ES)
- Oxford BioMedica (United Kingdom) (GB)
- Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío (ES)
- Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities (GB)
- University of Florence (IT)
- University of Otago (NZ)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Published
- 2025-04-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2025.94
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Mental Health and Patient Involvement
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.82
Funders
- American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
- Eli Lilly and Company
- Wellcome Trust
- LivaNova
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- Department of Health and Social Care
- European Commission
- Australian Rotary Health
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- Fondazione Cariplo
- Lundbeckfonden
- Novo Nordisk
- Angelini Pharma
- H. Lundbeck A/S
- National Institutes of Health
- HORIZON EUROPE Framework Programme
- Medical Research Council
- Health Research Council of New Zealand
- Instituto de Salud Carlos III