In 2016, the World Journal of Psychiatry (WJP) has published the 3^rd issue which containing 13 articles contributed by scientists worldwide. Among these comprehensive articles are (1) “Neuroinflammation and cytokine abnormality in major depression: Cause or consequence in that illness?”, a Review by Yong Ku Kim, MD, PhD, Professor, et al from the Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Korea University, Ansan Hospital, South Korea; (2) “Voxel-based magnetic resonance imaging investigation of poor and preserved clinical insight in people with schizophrenia”, an Original Article by Veena Kumari, PhD, et al from the Department of Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, United Kingdom; and (3) “Understanding the paranoid psychosis of James: Use of the repertory grid technique for case conceptualization”, a Case Report by Helena García-Mieres, MD, et al from the Department of Personality, Assessment and Psychological Treatments, Faculty of Psychology, University of Barcelona, Spain, etc. We invite you to peruse all 13 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 6, Issue 3, September 22, 2016.

Figure 1 The cover of the issue.Editorial Board Member of World Journal of Psychiatry, Annette Louise Beautrais, PhD, Research Scientist, Department of Emergency Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06519, United States

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, at:http://www.wjgnet.com/2220-3206/e-journal.htm.