Addictions
Division 50 - Addictions promotes advances in research, professional training, and clinical practice within the broad range of addictive behaviors including problematic use of alcohol, nicotine, and other drugs and disorders involving gambling, eating, sexual behavior, or spending. Membership includes a subscription to the peer-reviewed journal Psychology of Addictive Behaviors and the newsletter of the Division.
Leadership
President
Lisa M. Najavits, PhD, Boston University School of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, VA Boston
View a list of past presidents
Secretary-Treasurer
Amee B. Patel, PhD, Houston, TX
Publications
Journal
Psychology of Addictive Behaviors (quarterly, student affiliates may choose to receive journal or not as part of membership)
Editor: Stephen A. Maisto, PhD
March 2009 (Volume 23, Number 1), arrived March 13, 2009
June 2009 (Volume 23, Number 2), arrived June 15, 2009
September 2009 (Volume 23, Number 3), arrived September 18, 2009
December 2009 (Volume 23, Number 4), arrived December 18, 2009
March 2010 (Volume 24, Number 1), estimated arrival March 13, 2010
June 2010 (Volume 24, Number 2), estimated arrival June 15, 2010
September 2010 (Volume 24, Number 3), estimated arrival September 18, 2010
December 2010 (Volume 24, Number 4), estimated arrival December 18, 2010
Newsletter
The Addictions Newsletter (three issues per year)
Editor: Elizabeth D'Amico, PhD, RAND, Santa Monica, CA
Spring 2009 (Volume 16, Number 1), arrived March 20, 2009
Summer 2009 (Volume 16, Number 2), arrived July 28, 2009
Fall/Winter 2009 (Volume 16, Number 3), arrived December 7, 2009
Web site
Division 50: Addictions
Division Meeting
Contact Information
Division 50 Administrative Office
American Psychological Association
750 First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002-4242
Telephone: (202) 216-7602
Fax: (202) 218-3599
E-mail: Keith Cooke