The journal provides a forum for international debate on mental health and addiction-related issues, and helps make sense of the effects of mental health and addiction on individuals and societies. It reports on current information and developments in mental health and addiction-related research, policy, phenomenology, literature, and treatment.The International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction offers broad-ranging coverage in such fields as psychology, sociology, anthropology, criminology, public health, history, law, and literature. The journal publishes feature articles, review articles, clinical notes, research notes, first-person accounts, letters to the editor, commentaries, conference reports, book reviews and abstracts.

該雜志為有關(guān)精神健康和成癮相關(guān)問題的國(guó)際辯論提供了一個(gè)論壇，并有助于理解精神健康和成癮對(duì)個(gè)人和社會(huì)的影響。它報(bào)告當(dāng)前的信息和發(fā)展，在心理健康和成癮相關(guān)的研究，政策，現(xiàn)象學(xué)，文學(xué)和治療。《國(guó)際精神健康與成癮雜志》在心理學(xué)、社會(huì)學(xué)、人類學(xué)、犯罪學(xué)、公共衛(wèi)生、歷史、法律和文學(xué)等領(lǐng)域提供了廣泛的報(bào)道。該雜志出版專題文章、評(píng)論文章、臨床筆記、研究筆記、第一人稱帳戶、給編輯的信、評(píng)論、會(huì)議報(bào)告、書評(píng)和摘要。