Copyright and Licensing Policy

Copyright Policy

Author(s) retains the copyright of the published papers and grant the non-exclusive right to publish the article to Indian Psychiatric Society -Tamil Nadu Chapter, the publisher of Indian Journal of Mental Health and Neurosciences to be cited as its original publisher in case of reuse, and to distribute it in all forms and media. Publisher and source must be acknowledged and a link must be made to the article's DOI.

Accepted articles will be published in Indian Journal of Mental Health and Neurosciences and may be uploaded to other online archives or the author's pages on other academic indexing platforms. The editors may also disseminate announcements, news, and articles connected to the published papers on the journal's social media accounts.

Licensing Policy

Indian Journal of Mental Health and Neurosciences is an open access journal, which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher.

The Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC-BY) shall apply to all articles published in Indian Journal of Mental Health and Neurosciences. Users (Authors and Readers) are allowed to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format for any purpose, even commercially. Provided that a link to the license is provided, details of changes made are indicated, and international norms are followed with respect to plagiarism and attribution is given to the author accurately citing the original source.

Self-archiving policy

Authors of articles published in Indian Journal of Mental Health and Neurosciences are permitted to self-archive all versions of article without embargo. Articles may be placed on:

- The author's personal website.

- The author's company/institutional repository or archive.

- subject-based repositories.