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SoAP 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.
What's New
TAN
The Addictions Newsletter (TAN),
Spring 2013

The latest news and insights about SoAP, addiction research, and more.
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2014 Collaborative Perspectives on Addiction Conf. in Atlanta Feb 28 - Mar 1. Proposals call in early summer. Email jbuckman@rutgers.edu to get involved!
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APA Convention Program: July 31- Aug 4
Peruse all of SoAP's offerings at this year's APA Convention in Honolulu. We look forward to seeing everyone there!
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Convention Goers: Join us at the 2013 NIAAA/NIDA Early Career Investigator Poster Session / Social Hour Fri., Aug 2nd, Hilton Hawaiian Vill. Beach Resort
Student and Trainee Perspectives
Student & Trainee Perspectives
Students and trainees share their experience, thoughts, concerns and ideas in various topics.
special column: Where do We Come From? What are We? Where are We Going?
Frederick Rotgers, President of SoAP



Sara Jo Nixon
President of SoAP


I’m Doin’ This … Why?

While most of us take comfort that the Mayan calendar was incorrect, we cannot ignore the epidemic of local, regional, national, and international issues vying for our involvement in 2013. The ravages of Super Storm Sandy are not yet repaired, senseless shootings continue, “Equal Rights” remains little more than a bumper sticker in some areas, our military personnel remain in harm’s way, too few children have the benefit of being read to at night (knowing more of the words to Beyoncé’s “Single Ladies” than the name of their governor (this may not be an age-restricted fact), and federal budgetary woes impact a nation’s future.
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