American Journal of Psychotherapy
Last updated ISSN 0002-9564
American Journal of Psychotherapy is published by American Psychiatric Association in psychology. 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 Psychotherapy concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
- Mental Health and Psychiatry
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
- Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Child Therapy and Development
- Psychiatric care and mental health services
- Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
Key facts
| Publisher | American Psychiatric Association |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0002-9564, 2575-6559 |
| Subject area | Psychology |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Emerging Sources Citation Index · Scopus |
| Articles published | 8,712 |
| Publishing since | 1863 |
| Journal website | www.ajp.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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