The American Journal on Addictions (AJA) is the official journal of the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry. The Academy encourages research on the etiology, prevention, identification, and treatment of substance use disorders; thus, the journal provides a forum for the dissemination of information in the extensive field of addiction.
About the Journal
Each year, AAAP publishes 6 journal issues that address a wide variety of topics ranging from co-dependence to genetics, epidemiology to dual diagnostics, etiology to neuroscience, and much more. Features of the journal, all written by experts in the field, include special overview articles, clinical or basic research papers, clinical updates, and book reviews within the area of addictions.
Readership is comprised of psychiatrists, psychologists, academics and counselors specializing in addictions treatment, as well as all professionals dealing with addictions and addictions therapy in clinical or applied settings.
Members Access for Free
AAAP members have access to The American Journal on Addictions as a benefit and we have now made it easier for you to access the journal via the AAAP Member Portal! Once logged in, simply click on the The American Journal on Addictions link from the AAAP Member Portal Homepage to seamlessly access all journal content on your computer or mobile phone/device.
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CME Article
AAAP Members log into the AJA through the AAAP Member Portal to access Volume 33, Issue 6. “Emotional regulation in Gaming Disorder: A systematic review” article will have a red CME check mark next to it.
Each issue of the AJA offers one free CME article. AAAP subscribers, as part of their AAAP membership benefits, receive access to the associated credit to the CME article for 2 years. The CME can be completed as the learner’s time permits over the duration of this CME period.
AAAP Members can log into the AJA through the AAAP Member Portal.
Volume 33, Issue 5. "A complex psychosocial portrait of substance use disorders among Indigenous people in the United States: A scoping review"
Volume 33, Issue 4. “A systematic review and meta-analysis of the relationship between heavy smoking and probability discounting”
Volume 33, Issue 3. “Systematic review and meta-analysis: Combining transcranial magnetic stimulation or direct current stimulation with pharmacotherapy for treatment of substance use disorders”
For non-AAAP members, free access to CME manuscripts and associated credit is available for a period of 3 months from the date of release and can be completed at the learner’s leisure over the duration of the 3-month period. Beyond that, the CME manuscript is available via AAAP membership. All saved work completed toward earning the CME credit remains available to the learner beyond the 3-month period.
Contact the Journal
For questions on article submissions, reviews, issues, copies and subscriptions, please contact the AJA office:
Thomas R. Kosten, MD, Editor
Coreen B. Domingo, DrPH, Deputy Editor
The American Journal on Addictions
[email protected]
Manuscript Submissions
The American Journal on Addictions welcomes new manuscript submissions. The Journal publishes special overview articles, original clinical or basic research papers, clinical updates, book reviews and letters within the area of addictions. If you have written a manuscript on substance use disorders, please consider submitting it to the Journal. After an initial screening, manuscripts are peer-reviewed, a process that takes approximately eight weeks.
Reviewers Wanted
The American Journal on Addictions continues to recruit new reviewers for manuscripts submitted for publication. Reviewers for the Journal provide a thorough, unbiased review of a manuscript written on a topic in their area(s) of expertise. For more information, e-mail [email protected].