AAPL Journal

The Journal, published by the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, is intended to be a forum for the exchange of multidisciplinary ideas. Manuscripts are welcomed that deal with the interfaces of psychiatry and the legal system and the theory and practice of forensic psychiatry.

About AAPL Journal

AAPL Journal content includes correctional psychiatry, psychiatric evaluation of individuals involved with the criminal or civil legal system, ethics, the philosophy of law, legal regulation of psychiatric practice, education and training in the field, and research into causes and treatment of behavioral problems that manifest themselves particularly in individuals who are in contact with the legal system.

The Journal is published, in both digital and hard copy formats, four times per year in March, June, September, and December. Hard copy subscriptions are available by clicking the ‘Subscribe Now’ button below and completing the form.

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Submission Support

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Editorial Board

The Journal is a peer reviewed journal and professionally managed and edited by a team of forensic psychiatrists. Here is a list of the Editorial Board and Associate Editors.

Editorial Board

Editor

Michael A. Norko, MD, MAR

Deputy Editor

Susan J. Hatters Friedman, MD

Reflections and Narratives Editors

Richard Martinez, MD, MH, Philip Candilis, MD

Legal Digest Editor

Jennifer L. Piel, JD, MD

Book Review Editor

Tobias D. Wasser, MD

Managing Editor

Jacquelyn T. Coleman, CAE

Associate Editors

Abi Zeid Daou, Margarita

Mela, Mansfield

Cerny-Suelzer, Cathleen

Michaelsen, Kate

Dube, Anish

Morris, Nathaniel

Gandhi, Tanuja

Negron Munoz, Rosa

Gulrajani, Chinmoy

Rogers, Richard

Hall, Ryan

Rosenbaum, Karen

Harding, Lisa

Simpson, Joseph

Jain, Abihishek

Sorrentino, Renee

Kaempf, Aimee

Tamburello, Tony

Kruse, Kathleen

VanDercar, Ashley

Landess, Jackie

Wortzel, Hal

Means, Ronald