Psychological Communications, sponsored by the Shanghai Mental Health Center (Affiliated Mental Health Center of Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine), was approved for publication by The National Press and Publication Administration in December 2017 (CN 31-2151/B). The first issue was published in June 2018. The journal publishes 4 issues per year.

Psychological Communications is aimed at reporting new advances and achievements in psychology and related interdisciplinary research, and promoting academic exchanges and development in the fields of psychological counseling and therapy, clinical psychology, cognitive science, and neuroscience. By publishing articles of both qualitative research and quantitative research, the journal is featured in applied psychology and humanities. This journal provides a new academic platform for psychological research in China and is devoted to the development of the discipline.

Main Scope: psychological counseling and therapy, clinical psychology, abnormal psychology, cognitive neuroscience, social psychology, special group psychology, mental health promotion, psychological assessment, expert forums, qualitative research, case reports, academic exchanges, and humanity and history. Readership: psychological counselors, psychotherapists, clinical psychologists, professionals in mental health and relevant fields, teachers in primary and middle schools, university professors, and basic psychology researchers.