Submission to Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy
Articles written in English and not submitted for publications elsewhere should be sent to:

Paul M Salkovskis
Editor
Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy
Department of Psychology
Institute of Psychiatry
De Crespigny Park
Denmark Hill
London SE5 8AF
UK

Tel: 020 7848 5039
E-mail: journal.editor@babcp.com


Manuscript preparation
A Word document of the manuscript must be submitted electronically at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/babcp and original figures can be supplied as attachments. Articles must be typed double-spaced throughout allowing wide margins all round. Where unpublished material e.g. behaviour rating scales, therapy manuals etc., is referred to in an article, copies should be submitted as an additional document to facilitate review.

Submissions will be sent out for review exactly as submitted. Authors who want a blind review should indicate this at the point of submission of their article, omitting details of authorship and other identifying information. Submission for blind review is encouraged.

Abbreviations where used must be standard. The Systeme International (SI) should be used for all units: where metric units are used the SI equivalent must also be given. Probability values and power statistics should be given with statistical values and degrees of freedom (e.g. F(1,34) – 123.07. p<.001), but such information may be included in tables rather than in the main text. Spelling must be consistent within an article, either using British usage (The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary), or American usage (Webster’s new collegiate dictionary). However, spelling in the list of references must be literal to each publication.

Details of style not specified here may be determined by reference to the Publication manual of the American Psychological Association or the style manual of the British Psychological Society.

Articles should conform to the following scheme:

1. Title page. The title should phrase concisely the major issues. Author(s) to be given with departmental affiliations and addresses, grouped appropriately. A running head of no more than 40 characters should be indicated.
2. Abstract. The abstract should include up to six key words that could be used to describe the article. This should summarize the article in no more than 200 words.
3. Text. This should begin with an introduction, succinctly introducing the point of the paper to those interested in the general area of the journal. Attention should be paid to the Editorial Statement which appears in the January and July issues at the back of the Journal. References within the text should be given in the form of Jones and Smith (1973) or (Jones & Smith, 1973). When there are three or up to and including five authors the first citation should include all authors; subsequent citations should be given as Williams et al. (1973). Authors with the same surname should be distinguished by their initials. The appropriate positions of tables and figures should be indicated in the text. Footnotes should be avoided where possible.
4. Reference note(s). A list of all cited unpublished or limited circulation material, numbered in order of appearance in the text, giving as much information as possible about extant manuscripts.
5. References. All citations in the text should be listed in strict alphabetical order according to surnames. Multiple references to the same author (s) should be listed chronologically, using a, b, etc., for entries within the same year. Formats for journal articles, books and chapters should follow these examples:

Kaltenthaler, E., Parry, G. and Beverley, C. (2004). Computerised cognitive behaviour therapy: a systematic review. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 32, 31–55. doi:10.1017/S135246580400102X.

Tharp, R.G. & Wetzel, R.J. (1969). Behaviour modification in the natural environment, New York: Academic Press.

Roskies, E. & Lazarus, R.S. (1980). Coping theory and the teaching of coping skills. In P.O. Davidson & S.M. Davidson (Eds), Behavioural medicine: Changing health lifestyles. New York: Brunner/Mazel.

6. Footnotes. The first, and preferably only, footnote will appear at the foot of the first page of each article, and subsequently may acknowledge previous unpublished presentation (e.g. dissertation, meeting paper), financial support, scholarly or technical assistance, or a change in affliction. A concluding (or only) paragraph must be the name and full mailing address of the author to whom reprint requests or other enquires should be sent.
7. Tables. Tables should be numbered and given explanatory titles.
8. Figure captions. Numbered captions should be typed on a separate page.
9. Figures. Original drawings or prints must be submitted for each line or half-tone illustration. Figures should be clearly labelled and be camera-ready wherever possible.