General Psychiatry is a bimonthly peer-reviewed open-access medical journal covering mental health topics relevant to psychiatrists and mental health professionals.

[1][2] The journal was established by Yifeng Xu (Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine) and co-edited by the executive editor-in-chief Jinghong Chen (Shanghai Mental Health Center).

[3] As the first psychiatric journal in China, it was established in 1959 as the Shanghai Archives of Psychiatry (Chinese name: 上海精神医学).

[4][5] It was initially published at irregular intervals, which then became a quarterly publication in 1989 and a bimonthly one in 2003.

[6][7] The journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics and is affiliated with the Shanghai Mental Health Center (Chinese name: 上海精神卫生中心).