Contribute to PsychiatryRx
Board-certified clinicians, board-certified psychiatric pharmacists, and qualified researchers can contribute editorially to the site. This page explains the scope, credential bar, benefits, license terms, and how to submit.
What contribution means here
PsychiatryRx is an independent, ad-free, medically-reviewed reference for psychiatric medications, drug classes, comparisons, and related concepts. It is not a blog, a personal essay platform, or a directory. Editorial contributions sharpen the reference: they add named subspecialty review, focused expert perspective, real-world state-of-practice context, corrections when evidence changes, and clinical vignettes that illustrate a specific teaching point.
Every contribution is subject to our editorial strategy, the evidence methodology, and the corrections policy. All three are public so you can verify what you are agreeing to before you propose anything.
Contribution types we accept
1. Medical or pharmacy review
What it is. A named board-certified specialist reviews a specific page, or a defined panel of pages, for clinical accuracy against current FDA labeling and published guidelines. The reviewer's name appears on every page they approved. Full detail is on the medical review network page.
Scope. Existing pages. The reviewer does not draft new content; the reviewer reads, corrects, and approves what is already written.
Credential bar. Board certification in psychiatry (adult, child, geriatric, addiction, reproductive) or a relevant medical specialty; or a PharmD with BCPP for the psychiatric pharmacy panel; active US or equivalent license (verifiable via NPI where applicable).
2. Expert perspective sidebar
What it is. A 150 to 400 word response to one specific question on one specific page. Example on the sertraline page: "Perspective: reproductive psychiatry considerations for sertraline in pregnancy and lactation, from Dr. Jane Smith, MD, Reproductive Psychiatry." The sidebar is attributed to you, links to your profile, and stays within the boundaries the page needs.
Scope. One question, one page, one perspective. Not a mini-essay. Not an expansion of the page's scope. Not an endorsement or a recommendation. The perspective adds subspecialty context the general page cannot cover in depth.
Credential bar. Board certification in the subspecialty the sidebar addresses. Active clinical or academic practice within the last 5 years in that subspecialty. No disciplinary sanctions.
3. State-of-practice interview or quote
What it is. For our state-of-practice pieces covering newly FDA-approved drugs, we quote clinicians who have prescribed the drug in real practice on the practical questions patients and colleagues ask: how the initiation went, what surprised them, where the drug fit, where it did not. Attributed with your affiliation.
Scope. A specific drug and a specific practice question. Not general policy commentary. Not marketing for the drug.
Credential bar. Prescribing clinician who has actually managed patients on the drug in question. Board certification in an appropriate specialty. Financial disclosures relevant to the drug's manufacturer are required and are printed alongside the quote.
4. Case-based teaching example
What it is. A short, synthetic clinical vignette that illustrates one specific teaching point on a page. Example on the serotonin syndrome page: a vignette showing the classic Hunter-criteria triad emerging over 12 hours after adding tramadol to an established SSRI.
Scope. Synthetic or composite only. No real patient data. No identifiers. Illustrates a teaching point, does not narrate a specific case. Reviewed for accuracy against the underlying evidence.
Credential bar. Board certification in psychiatry or a specialty relevant to the case. Educational role at an academic medical center or teaching institution is preferred but not required.
5. Evidence update or correction
What it is. Any qualified specialist can submit a correction when they spot outdated content, a new guideline release, or a misstatement. See the corrections policy for the full process.
Scope. Specific citation, specific claim, current source.
Credential bar. Any active clinician, researcher, or medical librarian with the specific expertise to verify the correction. No named credit is required for corrections, but is offered.
6. Aggregated real-world data
What it is. Rare. If your practice, research group, or institution has aggregated real-world data relevant to a specific drug's practice patterns, side-effect frequency, or discontinuation experience, and the data can be shared without patient identifiers or IRB conflicts, we may publish a data-summary sidebar attributed to your group.
Scope. Aggregated, de-identified, published or shareable under your institution's rules. We will not publish preliminary unpublished trial data.
Credential bar. Institutional affiliation with the ability to share the data cleanly; corresponding-author role or equivalent authority.
Currently open specialist panels
These are the review panels actively seeking named reviewers. Contribution types 1 (medical review) and 2 (expert perspective sidebar) fit these panels most naturally.
- Reproductive psychiatry — Board-certified psychiatrists with clinical or academic focus on preconception, pregnancy, postpartum, and lactation psychopharmacology. (1 seat open)
- Geriatric psychiatry — Board-certified psychiatrists or geriatricians with clinical focus on late-life mental health and geriatric psychopharmacology. (1 seat open)
- Addiction psychiatry — Board-certified addiction psychiatrists with expertise in medications for opioid, alcohol, and stimulant use disorders. (1 seat open)
- Child and adolescent psychiatry — Board-certified child and adolescent psychiatrists. (1 seat open)
- Psychiatric pharmacy — Board-certified psychiatric pharmacists (BCPP) reviewing pharmacokinetics, interactions, and dosing tables. (1 seat open)
- Metabolic monitoring — Board-certified endocrinologists, internists, or psychiatrists with focus on cardiometabolic side effects of psychotropics. (1 seat open)
See the full review network at /reviewers.
What contributors receive
- Public named credit on every page you contribute to or review. Your name appears in the byline and in the page's structured data.
- A public profile page at
/reviewers/<your-slug>/(or/contributors/<your-slug>/for non-reviewer contributions) containing your credentials, area of expertise, financial disclosures, institutional affiliation, and the list of pages carrying your contribution. - A shareable badge and canonical URL for your institutional bio, practice site, faculty page, LinkedIn, ORCID record, or CV. See the badge page.
- A durable inbound link from PsychiatryRx to your institutional bio, ORCID, and other identifiers, provided as
sameAslinks in your profile's Person schema so search engines and AI answer engines can associate your work here with your broader academic identity. - Editorial-quality publication for your CV. Peer-reviewed medically-edited reference contributions are appropriate for the "Editorial contributions" or "Reference publications" section of an academic CV. We provide a citation-ready line on your profile page.
- Real editorial partnership. You review the final edit before publication. You are told when your content is next scheduled for review. You can withdraw at any time.
What we ask contributors not to do
- Do not describe yourself as an "editor" of PsychiatryRx. There is one medical editor, Dr. Refai.
- Do not describe PsychiatryRx as your employer.
- Do not use your contribution to promote your practice, employer, product, book, or service. Editorial contributions are about clinical concepts, not about the contributor's business.
- Do not name specific medications as "the best" without a defensible published methodology; the site does not use that framing anywhere else on the site.
- Do not include patient identifiers, real case details, or any content that would raise a HIPAA or research-ethics concern.
- Do not accept industry payment for a specific contribution and then submit that contribution without full financial disclosure.
- Do not modify the shareable badge label. It says "Medical reviewer for PsychiatryRx" or "Contributor to PsychiatryRx" and your name; those are the only claims we authorize.
Contributors who violate these guardrails have their contributions removed and their profile retired with an editorial note. This is not a judgment; it is how a medically-reviewed reference operates.
Evidence standard
Every substantive claim in a contribution ties to a source from the site's evidence hierarchy: current clinical practice guidelines, systematic reviews and meta-analyses, FDA prescribing information and DailyMed for medication facts, government and public-health sources, peer-reviewed primary research indexed in PubMed, major professional organizations, and authoritative reference works.
Sources contributors may not use: marketing pages, unsourced blogs, competitor content as clinical evidence, AI-generated citations, single small studies to support broad conclusions, press releases as sole basis for a medical claim.
If you cite a specific paper, we verify the paper exists, that it says what you claim it says, and that no more recent authoritative evidence supersedes it. This step is non-negotiable and is why review turnaround is measured in weeks, not days.
How to submit
Email [email protected] with the subject line "Editorial contribution proposal". The link above pre-fills a template with the fields we need: your name and credentials, board certification, institutional affiliation, NPI or equivalent, the contribution type, specific page or panel scope, a 2 to 4 sentence proposed contribution, and financial disclosures relevant to the topic.
What happens next:
- We confirm receipt within 5 business days.
- We verify credentials via the appropriate board or licensing body.
- We confirm scope and timeline with you in writing.
- You draft or approve the content.
- We do an accuracy and editorial pass, and send you the final version for approval.
- We publish, with your name on the byline and a profile page created at the appropriate URL.
Frequently asked questions
Do you pay contributors?
No. PsychiatryRx has no advertising revenue, no product sales, and no referral fees, so there is no revenue to share. Contribution is editorial and unpaid, in the tradition of medically-reviewed reference publications. What contributors receive is public named credit, a profile page, and a shareable link and badge suitable for CVs, institutional bios, and speaking pages.
Who owns the content I contribute?
You retain authorship of your contribution. You grant PsychiatryRx a non-exclusive, perpetual, worldwide license to publish, edit for style and accuracy, translate for accessibility, and distribute your contribution as part of the site. You may republish your contribution elsewhere (for example on your practice site or in a CV) with attribution. You may not sell or exclusively license the contribution to a third party while it remains published here.
Can I write about my own practice or products?
No. Contributions must be about clinical concepts, medications, or evidence, not about your practice, employer, product, or service. If you have a financial interest that could reasonably be seen as relevant to what you are contributing (industry consulting, an affiliated practice, a book, a product), you disclose it. If the conflict is significant enough that a reasonable reader would question the contribution, you cannot contribute on that topic.
What happens if evidence changes and my contribution needs updating?
We will contact you and offer you the chance to update or approve a revision. If you decline or are unreachable, the site may revise the content and note the revision date; the original attribution remains unless you request removal. That approach follows how medical journals handle updates when an author is unavailable and the underlying content needs correction.
What if I want to remove my contribution later?
Contributors may request removal of their name and future edits at any time by emailing [email protected]. We will honor the request within 30 days. Past contributions may remain published with an editorial note; we will not delete the underlying content solely to reflect a change in the contributor's employment or affiliation.
How long does review take?
Honest answer: variable. A simple correction typically ships within one to two weeks. A new perspective sidebar or state-of-practice contribution goes through a research check, an accuracy pass, and a light editorial edit; that usually takes three to six weeks depending on the topic and reviewer availability. We will tell you a real timeline when we accept your submission.
Can I contribute if I'm not a US clinician?
Yes. The site is US-focused because FDA labeling drives most medication content, but contributors from any country may participate in scope areas where their expertise is applicable. Contributions that discuss US-specific regulations (DEA scheduling, REMS, state prescribing laws) require a US-licensed clinician contributor or reviewer.