《精神病學(xué)、心理學(xué)和法律》是一份同行評(píng)議的期刊，其編輯委員會(huì)中有杰出的學(xué)術(shù)和專業(yè)代表。該雜志向在精神病學(xué)、心理學(xué)和法律領(lǐng)域或交叉領(lǐng)域工作的學(xué)者和專業(yè)人士傳播高質(zhì)量的信息。它的目的是讓專業(yè)人士了解這些領(lǐng)域的當(dāng)代研究和實(shí)踐發(fā)展，并促進(jìn)跨學(xué)科的辯論、合作和溝通。該期刊發(fā)表原創(chuàng)文章和實(shí)證研究;分析這些領(lǐng)域的專業(yè)問(wèn)題、爭(zhēng)議和發(fā)展;個(gè)案研究及個(gè)案評(píng)注;和書評(píng)。它邀請(qǐng)對(duì)法醫(yī)精神病學(xué)、法醫(yī)心理學(xué)、犯罪學(xué)、行為科學(xué)、民事和刑事精神衛(wèi)生法及相關(guān)領(lǐng)域的研究和實(shí)踐發(fā)展作出貢獻(xiàn)。該雜志是開(kāi)放的，但不限于國(guó)際或跨司法管轄區(qū)的經(jīng)驗(yàn)比較，在相關(guān)領(lǐng)域，并邀請(qǐng)作者深入分析專業(yè)主題的上下文讀者不同的背景。每隔一段時(shí)間，《精神病學(xué)、心理學(xué)和法學(xué)》(Psychiatry, Psychology and Law)的年度期刊就會(huì)對(duì)某個(gè)特定話題進(jìn)行深入探討?！毒癫W(xué)、心理學(xué)和法律》是澳大利亞和新西蘭精神病學(xué)、心理學(xué)和法律協(xié)會(huì)(ANZAPPL)的專業(yè)期刊。ANZAPPL成立于20世紀(jì)70年代末，致力于探索精神病學(xué)、心理學(xué)和法律學(xué)科之間的關(guān)系。

Psychiatry, Psychology and Law is a peer reviewed journal with outstanding academic and professional representation on its editorial board. The journal disseminates high quality information to scholars and professionals working in the areas, or intersections, of psychiatry, psychology and the law. It aims to keep professionals informed about contemporary research and practice developments in these fields and to facilitate cross-disciplinary debate, collaboration and communication.The journal publishes original articles and empirical studies; analyses of professional issues, controversies and developments in these areas; case studies and case commentaries; and book reviews. It invites contributions to research and practice developments in forensic psychiatry, forensic psychology, criminology, behavioural science, civil and criminal mental health law and related fields. The journal is open, but not limited, to international or cross-jurisdictional comparisons of experiences in the related fields and invites authors to contextualise in depth analyses of specialised topics to readers of various backgrounds. Periodically, one of the annual issues of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law deals with a particular topic in depth. Psychiatry, Psychology and Law is the professional journal of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law (ANZAPPL). Established in the late 1970s, ANZAPPL is committed to exploring the relationship between the disciplines of psychiatry, psychology and the law.