First page: Please copy and include the table below as the first page of your manuscript.
Complete the right-hand column. Allow cells to expand to fit content, and let the table flow onto two pages if needed. This table will be removed by the editor prior to blind review.

Title of commentary	
	
Full names of authors 
with highest degrees 	
	
Authors' positions 
& affiliations	
	
Corresponding author: 
name, e‑mail address, fax, phone, mailing address		
Acknowledgments 
(if any)	
	
Word count (text only, not including references or 
cover page): maximum 1,200		
Names, positions, and e-mail addresses of 2 individuals nominated to provide blind review of the commentary
(Author should not contact them)		
		
Statement regarding any conflict of interest, and persons the author would prefer not to be invited to review the manuscript	
	
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Second and subsequent pages: Title and text of commentary. Page number at top right margin. Double space. Do not identify author(s). Maximum 1,200 words. See previously published commentaries for examples (Pediatric Pain Letter www.childpain.org/ppl/current.shtml). One level of heading may be used in addition to the commentary title: subheading, bold, at left margin, start paragraph on next line. For example:

Directions for future research

Randomized controlled trials will be necessary to determine whether …  

Citations in text: These should be in author-date format. For example:

A series of studies (Goldenberg, 1989a, 1989b; Smith et al., 2004; Weisman & Schechter, 1991) has shown that ... 
   
In-text citations of papers with two authors should use the two names separated by “and”:

Weisman and Schechter (1991) reported that…

In-text citations of papers with more than two authors should use “et al.”:

A study by Roth-Isigkeit et al. (2005) found that …

Reference list: Cite references in alphabetic order without reference numbers. For articles with six or fewer authors, list all authors. For articles with seven or more authors, list the first six authors followed by “et al.”  

Journal names should be abbreviated according to Index Medicus: see the PubMed Journals Database, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nlmcatalog/journals . For example, Rheumatic Diseases Clinics of North America is abbreviated as Rheum Dis Clin North Am.

At the end of each journal article, list the URL (web address) for the PubMed abstract if one exists. Please use the public version of PubMed (www.pubmed.gov) and check the URL for accuracy by opening it directly from the manuscript.  

Examples of references, showing URL where available:

Craig KD. The facial display of pain. In: Finley GA, McGrath PJ, editors. Measurement of pain in infants and children: Vol. 10. Progress in Pain Research and Management. Seattle, WA: IASP Press, 1998. pp. 103–122. www.worldcat.org/oclc/37879077

Lazarus RS, Folkman S. Stress, appraisal and coping. New York: Springer, 1984. www.worldcat.org/oclc/10754235

Roth-Isigkeit A, Thyen U, Stoven H, Schwarzenberger J, Schmucker P. Pain among children and adolescents: restrictions in daily living and triggering factors. Pediatrics 2005;115:e152-e162. 
www.pubmed.gov/15687423 

Simon LS, Lipman AG, Caudill-Slosberg M, Gill LH, Keefe FJ, Kerr KL, et al. Guideline for the management of pain in osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and juvenile chronic arthritis. No. 2. Glenview, IL: American Pain Society, 2002. www.ampainsoc.org/pub/arthritis.htm  

Spelling: US standard spelling should be used (e.g. program, behavior, center, utilize, pediatric, anesthesia) except for direct quotes and references which should be left in the original spelling.

Submission: Save file in Word (not PDF) format and e-mail to the Editor, deirdre.logan@childrens.harvard.edu and to the Editorial Assistant, kerri.kivolowitz@gmail.com. Commentaries can be submitted at any time and once accepted for publication will be published in the next available issue. Issues are published in February (No. 1), June (No. 2) and October (No. 3).

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