该杂志欢迎对精神病理学的理解和治疗的贡献。这些贡献可能来自不同的理论视角，如学习理论、认知科学、社会心理学、发展心理学等。尽管医学、生物学、社会学或流行病学方面的贡献可能会发表，但该杂志主要关注心理病理学方法的实验测试。非实验方法也是如此，如果被认为与实验精神病理学领域相关，这些方法可能偶尔会发表。拟发表的论文一般集中于:?如果经过实验测试，特定患者组与其他组之间的理论或临床相关差异;?导致、延续或减少疾病的机制;?诊断或治疗程序研究的参与者可能是病人、健康的受试者，也可能是动物，这取决于要回答问题的受试者特征的相关性。
The Journal welcomes contributions to the understanding and treatment of psychopathology. Such contributions may stem from various theoretical perspectives, such as learning theory, cognitive science, social psychology, developmental psychology, etc. The Journal primarily focuses on experimental tests of psychological approaches to psychopathology, though contributions from medicine, biology, sociology, or epidemiology may be published. The same holds for non-experimental approaches, which may occasionally be published if deemed relevant for the field of experimental psychopathology. Papers to be published generally focus on:?Theoretically or clinically relevant differences between specific patient groups and other groups, if experimentally tested;?Mechanisms that cause, perpetuate or reduce disorders;?Diagnostic or therapeutic proceduresParticipants in the studies may be patients, healthy subjects, or animals, depending on the relevance of the subject characteristics for the question to be answered.
