Key Journals & Databases

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Clinical Psychology

• Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology (JCCP) — APA flagship clinical journal
• Behavior Research and Therapy — CBT and experimental psychopathology
• Clinical Psychological Science — APS clinical research
• Journal of Abnormal Psychology — APA experimental psychopathology
• Cognitive Therapy and Research — CBT theory and research
• Behaviour Research and Therapy — Experimental approaches

Psychotherapy Research

• Psychotherapy Research — Theory and practice integration
• Psychotherapy Theory, Research, Practice, Training — APA Division 29
• Journal of Psychotherapy Integration — Integration approaches
• Contemporary Psychoanalysis — Psychodynamic approaches

Trauma & Stress

• Journal of Traumatic Stress — ISTSS official journal
• Journal of Trauma & Dissociation — Dissociation and complex trauma
• Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy — APA Division 56

Positive & Wellness

• Journal of Positive Psychology — Positive psychology research
• Wellbeing, Psychology, Health — Wellbeing research

Evidence & Guidelines

• Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews — Gold standard systematic reviews
• Evidence-Based Mental Health — BMJ journal for systematic reviews
• World Psychiatry — Review journal with high impact

Major Research Databases

Primary Literature

• PsycINFO (APA PsycNet) — Primary psychology database (2.5M+ records)
• PubMed — Biomedical literature (includes psychology/neuroscience)
• Embase — European biomedical literature
• Web of Science — Citation indexing across disciplines
• Scopus — Abstract and citation database

Open Access

• PsyArXiv — Psychology preprints
• PMC (PubMed Central) — Free full-text biomedical literature
• DOAJ — Directory of Open Access Journals
• OpenAlex — Open catalog of scholarly works

Clinical Guidelines

• NICE Guidelines (UK) — National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
• APA Clinical Practice Guidelines — American Psychological Association
• WHO mhGAP — World Health Organization intervention guide
• VA/DoD Guidelines — US Department of Veterans Affairs

Source Metadata

• Type: Reference
• Primary sources: Publisher catalogs, database indexes
• Updated: 2025