Psychiatric Research and Clinical Practice Template
Format your manuscript to the Psychiatric Research and Clinical Practice requirements — abstract, AMA (Vancouver numbered) references, and required declarations — and submit through Research Exchange (Wiley's submission system) without a formatting rejection.
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How to Use the Psychiatric Research and Clinical Practice Template | A Step-by-Step Guide
Authored by Sumalatha Gangadhar | Published on 19 August, 2026
Most manuscripts sent to Psychiatric Research and Clinical Practice don’t stumble on the science — they stumble on formatting caught at the first editorial check. This template is built around PRCP’s actual requirements — its abstract rules, AMA (Vancouver numbered) references, and the required declarations — so your submission clears screening on the first pass. Everything below tracks the PRCP author guidelines; check it directly if anything looks out of date by the time you submit.
What is the Psychiatric Research and Clinical Practice Template?
It’s a manuscript shell set up to PRCP’s specifications for psychiatry research and clinical practice. Psychiatric Research and Clinical Practice is published by Wiley on behalf of the American Psychiatric Association. The shell covers the title page, the abstract, a body in Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion (IMRaD) order, and a reference list in AMA (Vancouver numbered) style.
What’s actually in a standard PRCP submission:
Start with the title page (authors, affiliations, and ORCID iDs). The abstract is an abstract of about 200–250 words (structured or unstructured per the journal's guidelines). The body follows Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion (IMRaD), and the reference list uses AMA (Vancouver numbered). Close with the declarations block: ethics approval, conflict of interest, funding, and data availability.
What separates a clean submission from one that gets kicked back:
The details that trip up most first submissions: no ORCID registered for the corresponding author, reference formatting inconsistent with the guidelines, and a missing data availability statement. Beyond that, match your article type’s specific limits rather than assuming the defaults apply, keep AMA (Vancouver numbered) formatting consistent from the first draft, and submit only through Research Exchange (Wiley's submission system) — email submissions aren’t processed.
What does this Psychiatric Research and Clinical Practice Template include?
The shell mirrors what PRCP’s editorial staff check first: abstract format and length, AMA (Vancouver numbered) reference formatting, and a complete declarations block. For the journal’s full aims and scope, see the PRCP journal home page. PRCP is open access; check the current article-processing charge before you submit. Manuscripts go in through Research Exchange (Wiley's submission system), which also tracks your paper through peer review.
Steps to Use This Template with Scispace Agent
- Click Start Writing on this page — you land on the Scispace Agent prompt screen with the template already loaded.
- Use the loaded template as-is, or upload your own version if you have one.
- Edit the prompt with your actual details: topic, article type, and any word or figure limits specific to that type.
- Run it. The agent drafts directly into the correct structure — abstract, Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion (IMRaD) body, figure placeholders, AMA (Vancouver numbered) references, and the full declarations block — with no manual reformatting afterward.
- Review the draft in View Outputs and regenerate any section that needs tightening.
- Export to Word or LaTeX once it’s ready for submission.
Psychiatric Research and Clinical Practice Template Structure at a Glance
| Element | PRCP requirement |
|---|---|
| Abstract | an abstract of about 200–250 words (structured or unstructured per the journal's guidelines) |
| Main text | Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion (IMRaD) |
| Declarations | Ethics approval, conflict of interest, funding, and data availability |
| Figures / tables | Captioned, cited in order; check format and resolution rules in the guide |
| Supplemental | Large datasets, extra tables, code — uploaded separately and cited in text |
| Submission | Research Exchange (Wiley's submission system) |
Quick Tips for Using the PRCP Template
Read the PRCP author guidelines once before drafting and once before upload. Draft the abstract after your results are stable so it matches the paper. Set AMA (Vancouver numbered) as your reference style before adding a single citation — retrofitting it later is where errors creep in.
Best Practices
Skim two or three recent PRCP papers to calibrate depth, structure, and figure style. State your contribution in the first two paragraphs, not on page ten. Write a data-availability statement that names a real repository rather than a placeholder, and disclose any preprint or conference version with identifiers in your cover letter. Confirm current open-access pricing and any institutional agreement before committing to a fee.
Before You Submit: Final Check
Do one focused pass against the PRCP author guidelines: scope fit, abstract format, length, AMA (Vancouver numbered) references, required declarations, and figure quality. Re-check the items that most often cause a bounce here — no ORCID registered for the corresponding author, reference formatting inconsistent with the guidelines, and a missing data availability statement. Then submit through Research Exchange (Wiley's submission system).
