In 1982 the APP Council invited Dr Michael Sinason to initiate planning for a professional Journal to be published by the APP. The planning phase lasted about two years and it was at the beginning of 1984 that the new APP Journal Editorial Board started meeting regularly. The Journal was titled 'Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy' and Vol 1 No 1 was printed in November 1984.
Editors of the Journal:
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy is a peer reviewed journal whose remit is to promote standards of excellence and to act as a vehicle for the exchange of views and the dissemination of research throughout the public sphere. It publishes papers concerned with theoretical topics, clinical services, supervision, teaching, training and research. While the main focus of the Journal is on the study of work undertaken in public services, such as the National Health Service, social services, voluntary organisations and education, the editorial board is happy to consider papers based on work undertaken elsewhere, which is relevant to these settings. It has an extensive section for book reviews and review articles.
Members of the APP receive the Journal as part of their membership. In June 2001 the APP signed a five year publishing contract with Taylor and Francis to produce and distribute the Journal. This began with Volume 16, published in March 2002 and was accompanied by a redesigned cover and different editorial arrangements. The Journal welcomes the submission of original papers and the editor is happy to discuss possible submissions with authors. From time to time, Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy publishes special issues, sometimes linked to APP conferences. The editorial board would like to invite suggestions for special issues on matters of particular topical interest.
Free Access to the Online Journal for APP Members
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy is now published 4 times per year and Taylor and Francis provide an Online version of the Journal that can be viewed via the internet. APP members receive the printed edition of the Journal and are also entitled to free access to the Online Journal as a benefit of membership to the APP, while non-APP members have to pay for Online access. Taylor and Francis have now retro-digitised the first 15 volumes of the Journal. The whole archive of papers from its beginning in 1984 is now available to APP members to search and access via the APP website.
The Online version of the Journal can be accessed via a secure password protected 'members-only' area of this website through a confidential user name and password. APP Members who want to use this facility can obtain the username and password by requesting this from the Website Editor by sending an email to webmaster@app-nhs.org.uk or by clicking on the 'Send a message to the APP' button in the left hand navigation frame. Once members have obtained the username and password, access to the Online journal is obtained directly through the 'members-only' area by clicking on the icon below. Further instructions for accessing the papers online is given in the 'members-only' area.
Information for authors and subscribers about the Journal can be can be viewed via the internet from the Online Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Homepage by clicking
HERE. The Taylor and Francis website also
provides SARA - a free content alerting service whereby the contents of issues will be emailed to registrants in advance of publication.
To access the Taylor and Francis content alerting service click HERE.