Psychological Services
Last updated ISSN 1541-1559
Psychological Services is published by American Psychological 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 Psychological Services concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Counseling Practices and Supervision
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Health Policy Implementation Science
Key facts
| Publisher | American Psychological Association |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1541-1559, 1939-148X |
| Subject area | Psychology |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Scopus |
| Articles published | 1,585 |
| Publishing since | 1981 |
| Journal website | www.apa.org/pubs/journals/ser/index.aspx |
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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