《精神病學遺傳學》發表了關于與精神病學和神經系統疾病有關的遺傳因素的原始研究報告。這包括基因定位和染色體標記，與精神疾病相關的神經元基因表達的變化，連鎖遺傳學分析，家庭，雙胞胎和收養研究，以及基于基因的神經精神疾病動物模型。該雜志涵蓋了分子神經生物學和與精神疾病相關的分子遺傳學等領域。

Psychiatric Genetics publishes original research reports dealing with inherited factors involved in psychiatric and neurological disorders. This encompasses gene localization and chromosome markers, changes in neuronal gene expression related to psychiatric disease, linkage genetics analyses, family, twin and adoption studies, and genetically based animal models of neuropsychiatric disease. The journal covers areas such as molecular neurobiology and molecular genetics relevant to mental illness.