International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction

Overview

The journal provides a forum for international debate on mental health and addiction-related issues, and helps make sense of the effects of mental health and addiction on individuals and societies. It reports on current information and developments in mental health and addiction-related research, policy, phenomenology, literature, and treatment.

The International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction offers broad-ranging coverage in such fields as psychology, sociology, anthropology, criminology, public health, history, law, and literature. The journal publishes feature articles, review articles, clinical notes, research notes, first-person accounts, letters to the editor, commentaries, conference reports, book reviews and abstracts.

Editor-in-Chief

Elena Stănculescu PhD

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Journal metrics

Journal Impact Factor: 2.5 (2024)

5-year Journal Impact Factor: 4.1 (2024)

Submission to first decision (median): 6 days

Downloads: 1.7M (2025)

Latest issue

April 2026 Volume 24, Issue 2

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Latest articles

Opioid Misuse and Illicit Drug Use Among Adults Across Large, Small, and Nonmetropolitan Areas in the United States
Yen-Han Lee
Yen-Chang Chang
Dong-Chul Seo
Original Article 21 May 2026
The Dark Side of Artificial Intelligence: Psychological Distress and Artificial Intelligence Dependence as Serial Mediators Between Self-Control and Subjective Vitality
Berkan Can Kara
Original Article 21 May 2026
Perceived Stress as a Mediator Between Cyberbullying Involvement and Internalizing Symptoms in Chinese College Students: A Three-Wave Longitudinal Model
Xian Zhao
Bingna Xu
Dongfang Wang
Regular Article 21 May 2026
A Latent Profile Analysis of Substance Use Coping Motives and Associations with Usage of Various Substances among Trauma Survivors with Comorbid PTSD and SUD
Kelly E. Dixon
Matthew T. Luciano
Andrew Lac
Original Article 19 May 2026
The Longitudinal Relationship Between Interpersonal Stress and Mobile Phone Addiction Among Adolescents: The Mediating Role of Loneliness and the Moderating Role of Gender
Dehua Wu
Rong Guo
Huazhan Yin
Original Article 11 May 2026

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This journal has 615 open access articles

Journal updates

IJMHA is Recruiting New Editorial Board Members and Associate Editors

The International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction is seeking to appoint new editorial board members and Associate Editors.

By joining IJMHA’s Editorial Board, you will play an important role in shaping the future of the journal, which publishes peer-reviewed research across a wide range of topics at the intersection between mental health and addiction.

Click here to see more details about the roles and responsiblities, as well as how to apply.
Supporting the Sustainable Developmental Goals

We are proud to acknowledge that over 50% of the articles published in this journal in 2025 were related to one or more of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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Journal information

Electronic ISSN: 1557-1882
Print ISSN: 1557-1874
Abstracted and indexed in: AGRICOLA

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