''The American Journal of Psychiatry'' is a monthly
peer-reviewed
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medical journal
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History
The first ...
covering all aspects of
psychiatry
Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of deleterious mental disorder, mental conditions. These include matters related to cognition, perceptions, Mood (psychology), mood, emotion, and behavior.
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, and is the official journal of the
American Psychiatric Association
The American Psychiatric Association (APA) is the main professional organization of psychiatrists and trainee psychiatrists in the United States, and the largest psychiatric organization in the world. It has more than 39,200 members who are in ...
.
[
] The first volume was issued in 1844, at which time it was known as the ''American Journal of Insanity''. The title changed to the current form with the July issue of 1943.
According to the ''
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'', the journal has a 2020
impact factor
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The Impact Factor of a journa ...
of 18.112.
Ethical concerns
Several complaints, including legal cases, have charged ''The American Journal of Psychiatry'' with being complicit in pharmaceutical industry corruption of clinical trial results. In a Department of Justice case against Forest Pharmaceuticals, Forest pleaded guilty to the charges of misbranding the drug
Celexa (citalopram). The Complaint in Intervention clearly identifies a 2004 ghostwritten article published in ''The American Journal of Psychiatry'' in the names of Wagner ''et al.'' as a part of this illegal marketing of Celexa for pediatric depression.
[United States v Forest Pharmaceuticals, Complaint in Intervention p. 17. section 60.]
See also
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List of psychiatry journals
The following is a list of scientific journal, journals in the field of psychiatry. Psychiatry journals generally publish articles with either a general focus (meaning all aspects of psychiatry are included) or with a more specific focus. This list ...
References
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Psychiatry journals
Monthly journals
Academic journals established in 1844
English-language journals
American Psychiatric Association academic journals
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