[1] The journal started as a quarterly publication, under its founding editor-in-chief, F. Rhodes Chalke.

[7] Joel Paris became editor-in-chief in October 2004, continuing this role for 10 years.

[8] The current editor is Scott Patten, who has been in this role since 2014 [9] The journal published 14 issues per year in 2005 and 2006, but returned to a monthly frequency in 2007.

[11] As the Journal is now published by SAGE, access is governed by that company's policies.

All members of the Canadian Psychiatric Association receive a subscription as a membership benefit.

Examples of highly cited articles (>200 times) published in the journal are:[13]