Special issue on "Posttraumatic manifestations among older adults"

Special Issue Guest Editors: Yuval Palgi (University of Haifa) and Amit Shrira (Bar-Ilan University)
Editors-in-Chief: Frieder R. Lang (University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany); Johannes Pantel (Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Germany)

We are announcing a special issue on “Posttraumatic manifestations among older adults” to be published in 2021. Yuval Palgi from the University of Haifa, Israel, and Amit Shrira from Bar-Ilan University, Israel, will be the special issue guest editors.

We invite authors to submit original research reports and systematic review articles that advance the field of posttraumatic reactions in old age. Potential topics include but are not limited to the long-term effects of traumatic exposure in early developmental periods, effects of exposure to trauma during old age, cumulative trauma, as well as diagnosis and intervention research.

Authors are welcome to contact the guest editors in advance in order to identify possible topics. Papers will be due for submission by September 1, 2020 and will undergo a full process of peer review. All manuscripts have to be submitted electronically via the online submission system Editorial Manager.

Manuscripts should be prepared in accordance with the journal’s author guidelines available in the downloads section below.

Special issue on "COVID-19 pandemic: Implications for older adults' mental health and mental health care"

We are announcing a special issue on "Corona pandemic: Implications for older adults' mental health and mental health care" to be published in 2021. We expect original manuscript submissions that evidence high quality, innovative work on incorporating approaches from geriatric psychiatry, clinical psychology and social gerontology.

We invite authors to submit original research reports, clinical case reports as well as conceptual papers addressing implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for older people's mental health and mental health care, including the further development of the field of geriatric psychiatry and clinical geropsychology in the wake of the pandemic. Original reports using qualitative methodology are also welcome.

We invite authors to submit manuscripts by January 1, 2021 via https://www.editorialmanager.com/geropsych/. Manuscripts should be prepared in accordance with the journal’s author guidelines available in the downloads section below.

Authors are welcome to turn to Special Issue Editors Isabelle.Albert@uni.lu or Anna.Kornadt@uni.lu in advance for consultation. Manuscripts will undergo a full process of peer review. The special issue is expected to be published in summer 2021.