In 2018, the World Journal of Psychiatry (WJP) has published the 1^st issue which containing 6 articles contributed by scientists worldwide. Among these comprehensive articles are (1) “Complex posttraumatic stress disorder: The need to consolidate a distinct clinical syndrome or to reevaluate features of psychiatric disorders following interpersonal trauma?”, a Minireviews by Eleni Jelastopulu, MD, PhD, Professor, et al from the Department of Public Health, School of Medicine, University of Patras, Greece; (2) “Audit of physical health monitoring in children and adolescents receiving antipsychotics in neurodevelopmental clinics in Northumberland”, an Original Article by Dr. Sundar Gnanavel, MD, et al from the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom, etc. We invite you to peruse all 6 articles in this issue, as they present the latest research progress/findings and provide insightful comments in psychiatry that will guide basic research and clinical practice in these fields.

This journal is an open-access journal which allows free immediate access to all full-text articles. For details, please visit: Volume 8, Issue 1, March 22, 2018.

Figure 1 The cover of the issue. Editorial Board Member of World Journal of Psychiatry, Tye Dawood, PhD, Professor, School of Medicine, University of Western Sydney, Sydney NSW 2751, Australia

The WJP is a leading academic journal devoted to reporting the latest, cutting-edge research progress and findings of basic research and clinical practice in the field of psychiatry. It was launched on December 31, 2011 and is published trimonthly (4 issues annually) by BPG, the world's leading professional clinical medical journal publishing company.

We encourage psychiatrists worldwide to submit manuscripts to the WJP describing their original basic or clinical research findings that are of high academic value and which report new diagnostic techniques or summarize their treatment experiences.

We invited the readers to download and read the E-Journal of this issue.