Welcome to the first issue of JAACAP published by Elsevier. The Elsevier electronic platform highlights several new features of the Journal. We hope you’ll take a moment to take the electronic poll on this page - one of the newest JAACAP online features. Each month this poll will provide you with an opportunity to examine current approaches in your clinical practice. This single question poll will set the stage for the CME article in the upcoming issue.
Beginning with the February issue of JAACAP, you will be able to earn Category I CME credit by reading a selected Journal article, completing an evaluation, and answering a post test. This complimentary online CME offering is sponsored by the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and supported by Elsevier. We encourage you to spend a few minutes exploring the new website.
Andrés Martin, MD, MPH
Editor-in-Chief
for the entire JAACAP editorial team
ABOUT THE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY
The Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry is the flagship journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and is the leading journal focusing exclusively on today's psychiatric research and treatment of the child and adolescent. Published twelve times per year, each issue is committed to its mission of advancing the science of pediatric mental health and promoting the care of youth and their families.
The JAACAP editorial team is led by Dr. Andrés Martin, MD, MPH, Editor-in-Chief, and Dr. James J. Hudziak, MD, Associate Editor.
JAACAP’s 2008 impact factor of 4.845 secures its standing as the top-ranked journal in the categories of pediatrics and of child and adolescent mental health. JAACAP ranks first of 86 journals in pediatrics, and tenth of 101 journals in psychiatry.
The Journal's purpose is to advance research, clinical practice, and theory in child and adolescent psychiatry. It is interested in manuscripts from diverse viewpoints, including genetic, epidemiological, neurobiological, cognitive, behavioral, psychodynamic, social, cultural, and economic. Studies of diagnostic reliability and validity, psychotherapeutic and psychopharmacological treatment efficacy, and mental health services effectiveness are encouraged. The Journal also seeks to promote the well-being of children and families by publishing scholarly papers on such subjects as health policy, legislation, advocacy, culture and society, and service provision as they pertain to the mental health of children and families.
AACAP Information
The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry is a professional medical organization comprised of child and adolescent psychiatrists trained to promote healthy development and to evaluate, diagnose, and treat children and adolescents and their families who are affected by disorders of feeling, thinking, learning, and behavior. Child and adolescent psychiatrists are physicians who are uniquely qualified to integrate knowledge about human behavior and development from biological, psychological, familial, social, and cultural perspectives with scientific, humanistic, and collaborative approaches to diagnosis, treatment and the promotion of mental health.
Issues are available from 1962 to the present.
Access to abstracts is complimentary. Access to full text is limited to print subscribers.
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