American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

The American Journal of Orthopsychiatry (AJO) is dedicated to informing public policy and professional practice and to the expansion of knowledge relating to mental health and human development from a multidisciplinary and inter-professional perspective.

As the principal publication of the Global Alliance for Behavioral Health and Social Justice, AJO reflects the Alliance’s goal of informing policy, practice, and research concerning behavioral health, social justice, and wellbeing. Consistent with that mission, the journal publishes articles that clarify, challenge, or reshape the prevailing understanding of factors in the prevention and correction of injustice and in the sustainable development of a humane and just society.

Learn more

• Interested in submitting an article to AJO? View the editorial guidelines.
• View the table of contents for the latest edition of AJO.
• Read APA's conversation with the editors of AJO, Jill D. McLeigh and William Spaulding.

Interested in subscribing to AJO?

• Join the Global Alliance and receive the journal free as a membership benefit!
• Register for online access.
• Access pricing information for individual or institutional subscriptions.
• Subscribe to the RSS feed for AJO.

• Opt-in to receive alerts from AJO. Here's how:

• Go to psycnet.apa.org and log in.
• Click on "My PsycNET" on the far right of the blue bar at the top of the page.
• Click the second tab, "PsycALERTS."
• Click "Add Journal Alert."
• Find AJO, check mark the box to the right of the journal, then scroll to the bottom of the page and click on "Subscribe."

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Members of the Global Alliance have free electronic access to the journal. Access to the journal is through myAPA at http://my.apa.org. Your email address will be your username. The first time logging in you will need to create a password, using the “Forgot your password or email/username?” link. This will take you to the next page in which you will enter your email address in the field under “I don’t know my password.” The system will email you a link to create your password. If you have a Google account, you may also login using Google.

Once you successfully log in to your myAPA account, go to the area designated as “Subscriptions.” Under subscriptions, you will see the journal title/link. Once you click on the link, you will have access to all the issues and articles for that specific journal.

If you need additional assistance, you can email [email protected], and they will help you out. 

Co-Editors

Symposia Editor

Jill D. McLeigh 
Children's Health, Dallas, TX

Articles Editor

William D. Spaulding 
University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Senior Editors

Oscar A. Barbarin 
University of Maryland, College Park

Gary B. Melton 
University of Colorado School of Medicine and University of Virginia

Editorial Assistant

Sharon Crout 
Clemson University

Editorial Board