A revisão por pares de artigos, também conhecida como peer review ou refereeing é, indubitavelmente, muito importante para o desenvolvimento e actualização da Medicina. Este tipo de revisão consiste na submissão de um trabalho científico ao escrutínio de pelo menos um especialista na matéria que é analisada. A qualidade do artigo depende muitas vezes dos comentários e/ou sugestões feitas pelos revisores. Apesar deste sistema já ter sido muitas vezes criticado, a verdade é que ainda não se conseguiu provar que existe algo melhor para avaliar a qualidade científica de determinado manuscrito. O presente trabalho pretende assim demonstrar a importância da revisão por pares, não esquecendo o papel fulcral que desempenham não só os revisores, mas também o editor-chefe. São ainda abordadas algumas questões de extrema relevância para o tema, como o motivo pelo qual se deve aceitar ser revisor, como encontrar revisores, como rever um manuscrito.

The reviewing of articles by peers also known as peer review or refereeing is, undoubtedly quite important to the development and updating of Medicine. This type of revision entails the submission of a scientific work to the scrutiny of at least one expert on the subject being analysed. The quality of the article quite often depends on the commentaries and /or suggestions given by those reviewing the work. Although this system has been repeatedly criticised, the fact is that it has not been proven that there is a better processby whichthe scientific quality of a work can be assessed. The current work aims to demonstrate the importance of peer review, taking into account the fundamental role played not only by those who review the work, but also by the editor-in-chief. Other topics of extreme importance to this matter are also referred to, such as, the reason why one should peer review, how to find reviewers and how to review a manuscript.

Abstract Mixed features personality disorders (PDs) are highly prevalent and associated with significant burden of disease. Despite that, it has been an overlooked diagnostic category with respect to clinical research. This study aims to review empirical evidence about psychotherapy delivery available for these patients. We present a systematic review of clinical trials investigating the outcomes of psychotherapeutic interventions in adults with a primary diagnosis of mixed features PDs. Data were obtained from Medline/PubMed, Embase and PsycINFO. Seven studies met inclusion criteria; in one of them the whole sample was of this diagnostic group; two studies analysed psychotherapeutic intervention outcomes in this population, among other types of PDs, yet drawing specific conclusions on mixed features PDs patients; remaining studies addressed patient samples with different PDs types, mixed features included, where specific findings in this group of patients were not described - nonetheless, they included representative numbers of subjects with the diagnosis of interest. Available studies suggest that mixed features personality pathology per se does not seem to be an impediment to benefit from psychotherapeutic treatment, and improvement in different areas of life is possible for patients undergoing psychotherapy. The extant literature is marked by multiple challenges and inconsistencies across studies.