American Journal of Psychiatry
Last updated ISSN 0002-953X
American Journal of Psychiatry is published by American Psychiatric Association in arts and humanities. It is a subscription journal. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in American Journal of Psychiatry concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Mental Health and Psychiatry
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
- Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Treatment of Major Depression
- Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
- Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
- Electroconvulsive Therapy Studies
Key facts
| Publisher | American Psychiatric Association |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0002-953X, 1535-7228 |
| Subject area | Arts and Humanities |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Web of Science — Social Sciences Citation Index · Scopus |
| Articles published | 49,287 |
| Publishing since | 1843 |
| Journal website | ajp.psychiatryonline.org/ |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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