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With this issue, International Journal of Mental Health & Addiction has entered into its 10th year of operation. During the entire period of journal’s lifespan, the editorial team has encountered with various challenges. Overcoming presented challenges required strategic planning that would only come with significant human resources. We are forever indebted to the journal's reviewer body that came through and has helped us to overcome the gaps and barriers. We have begun expanding journal's coverage to include issues of mental health and addiction that has touched the lives of vulnerable and marginalized population, and we have expanded our review list to reflect the diversity of academics and clinicians from South Africa to North America and from Oceania to Euro-Asia. We feel that this is an exciting start, which would help the journal to solidify its position as a platform of dialogue. We are committed in continuing this ongoing journey further to establish the journal as the voice of the international community, one that rises from the local roots. …
