PEER REVIEWER’S REPORT

Couple and Family Psychoanalysis aims to promote the theory and practice of working with couple and family relationships from a psychoanalytic perspective. It seeks to provide a forum for disseminating current ideas and research, and for developing clinical practice. 

BEFORE DECIDING UPON THE INVITATION TO REVIEW PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION.

Articles will be assessed according to the reviewer’s response to the following questions:

• Does the submission fall within the aims and scope of the Journal?
• Does it contribute to understanding couple and/or family relationships, and/or to the development of psychoanalytically informed practice in this field?
• Does the abstract clearly and accurately describe the content of the article?
• Does it show a critical awareness of relevant literature (theory, practice or research) relevant to its central argument?
• Is there an appropriate use of case material?
• Does the contributor indicate that they have appropriately anonymised the case material, so that the submission contains no information that will allow a third party to identify the patient and minimise the risk that the patient will recognize her/him/themselves?
• Are its conclusions supported by the evidence supplied?
• Does it display an appropriate awareness of and sensitivity to diversity in its various manifestations?
• Is it well-structured, interesting and easy to read?
• Is the language acceptable?
• Has the article stayed within the word limit and followed house style?

NB: Reviewers may wish to consider other criteria in addition. If so, please be explicit about their use.

REVIEWS SHOULD CONTAIN THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:

Title of Paper:

Date reviewed:

Reviewer’s name:

Reviewer’s Recommendation:  

1)   Accept without modification 
2)   Reject
3)   Accept subject to modification

Please give reasons for your recommendation, and list any matters you think should be addressed in a resubmission if you recommend option 3. These will be relayed anonymously to the author(s) unless you specifically request they should not be. In this case please complete the section intended for the Editor only. Other comments intended only for the Editor can be entered in this section, which will be taken into account in judging the suitability of the article for publication but not shared with the author(s).

Finally, reviewers are asked to include in their reviews and recommendations any concerns they may have had pertaining to the appropriate anonymisation of clinical material in the submission.