[1] The journal is the official publication of the Independent Psychiatric Association of Russia.

[1][2] The Higher Attestation Commission of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation has included Nezavisimiy Psikhiatricheskiy Zhurnal in the list of leading journals and publications.

[2] Lyubov Vinogradova, a member of the journal's editorial board, works as editorial consultant of the Russian version of the journal World Psychiatry as well.

The journal is intended for doctors, psychologists, and lawyers, but also publishes materials interesting for lay persons and republishes works by Russian and Western doctors and philosophers which turned out to be inaccessible for a number of reasons.

[4] In recent years, the journal publishes papers that force restrictions on patients' rights.