Indian Journal of Mental Health favors registration of clinical trials and the journal would only publish clinical trials that have been registered with a clinical trial registry that allows free online access to public.

Registration in the following trial registers is acceptable:

http://www.ctri.nic.in/
http://www.anzctr.org.au/
http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/
http://isrctn.org/
http://www.trialregister.nl/trialreg/index.asp
http://www.umin.ac.jp/ctr

This is applicable to clinical trials that have begun enrollment of subjects in or after June 2008. Clinical trials that have commenced enrollment of subjects prior to June 2008 would be considered for publication in the journal only if they have been registered retrospectively with clinical trial registry that allows unhindered online access to public without charging any fees.