FYI.
Catherine Walker (Union College, Lily O’Hara (Qatar University), and I (Erin Harrop, University of Denver) are currently building a Special Issue for Frontiers in Psychiatry around The Mental Health Impact of Weight Stigma and are looking for Manuscript Summary Submission, which are due 14 October, 2024.
Upon initial editorial acceptance, the finalized Manuscript Submission Deadline is 31 January 2025, at which point papers will be sent for peer review and will undergo a traditional peer review process. Papers are reviewed and, if accepted, published, on a rolling basis, so can be submitted prior to the deadline.
Frontiers in Psychiatry is an open access journal with an article processing fee (information follows); however, if you lack institutional or grant support to publish in an open access journal, please reach out to discuss any concerns (and we will pass them along to the Frontiers in Psychiatry Content Specialist, as the journal may be able to provide fee reductions, depending on researchers’ circumstances.
Here is a brief summary of the research topic:
This Research Topic is focused on the mental health impact of weight stigma. We invite high-quality submissions that examine lived experiences, predictors, mediators, and moderators of weight stigma and its mental health consequences. We also welcome submissions exploring the development, implementation, and/or evaluation of initiatives to reduce weight stigma and its mental health consequences at the intrapersonal, interpersonal, intersectional, institutional, or ideological levels. Lastly, we encourage submissions that explore weight-inclusive approaches to mental health care. We invite scholars from any field of study to submit manuscripts focusing on any of these aspects related to weight stigma and its impact on mental health.
Full details about the Research topic are here: https://www.frontiersin.org/researchtopic/64769.
Please do not hesitate to reach out with any questions and to indicate your interest in submitting to the special issue.