My heart sank as I read the November 5, 2000, article "Access to Online Version of AJP to Be Limited to Subscribers." Nowhere in the coverage of the online status of APA’s journals was there a mention of the Journal of Psychotherapy Practice and Research (JPPR)! Six journals were mentioned, seemingly a complete list of APA’s journals.

The online status of the JPPR is clearly pertinent to the article whether it is online or not. (It is.) Those of us who support the JPPR frequently feel that it is APPI’s unwanted stepchild.

APA’s elected leadership has wisely committed considerable resources to sustain the JPPR. The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Task Force on Psychotherapy, which I chaired, cited the need for a journal through which psychiatrists practicing psychotherapy can share clinical wisdom and remain abreast of issues and progress in psychotherapy research. Very little of this research appears any longer in the American Journal of Psychiatry or the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. The JPPR is intended to be just such a journal. However, as I have traveled the country speaking to child and adolescent psychiatrists, most of whom are APA members, they have never heard of the JPPR.

A Psychiatric News article on the JPPR is needed to inform APA members of the JPPR’s existence, accomplishments, and potential and apparently to inform APA staff as well. It is time for Psychiatric News to take Cinderella to the ball. If you need a fairy godmother, I am prepared to work with your reporter to clarify the newsworthy issues.

Rachel Z. Ritvo, M.D.

Rockville, Md.

Editor’s note: The article on the online status of APA and APPI journals did omit the JPPR. We regret the oversight. The JPPR will continue to be available at no cost on the World Wide Web until April, at which time controls on the full-text version of the journal will be imposed, as is the case with six other APPI-published journals. The full text is currently available at <www.jppr.psychiatryonline.org>.