American Psychological Association Division 50

Evidence-Based Practice in Addictions

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.

News and Announcements

Spring 2024 SoAP Box is here!

posted: Jun 17, 2024

UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS

posted: May 28, 2024

Lab Manager and Research Technician Positions

posted: May 20, 2024

T32 training position open at UCSF in substance treatment and services research

posted: May 10, 2024

Call for Beckman Award Nominations

posted: May 1, 2024

PUMP Mentorship Program

posted: May 1, 2024

Highlighted Award

Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Public Interest

This award would be conferred on a SoAP member who has made a distinguished contributions to the advancement of public interest in the addictions field. This contribution might include research or advocacy leading others to view national policies differently, research demonstrating the importance of the application of scientific methods and theory to public policy, or research clarifying the ways scientific knowledge of human behavior informs public interest about the addiction field.

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Society of Addiction Psychology

2025 Collaborative Perspectives on Addiction Meeting

Providence, Rhode Island
April 3 - 5, 2025

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2024 Annual APA Convention

Seattle, Washington
August 8 - 10, 2024

Hello and Happy Fall! We want to take this opportunity to introduce the 2023-2024 SoAP APA Program Committee: Drs. Christina Lee (Chair), Tessa Frohe (Co-Chair), Susan Collins (President-Elect),...

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Membership

Join over 1000 individuals committed to research, professional training, and clinical practice within the broad range of addictive behaviors, including senior addiction researchers, practitioners, early career members, and students/trainees.

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Newsletter

The aim of The Addictions Newsletter (TAN) is to disseminate addiction psychology information, provide a communication ground, and promote advances in research to our members.

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Spring 2024

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Leadership

Seema Clifasefi

President

Linda Rinehart

Secretary

Jaye Derrick

Treasurer

Education

The Society of Addiction Psychology is devoted to the education and training of addiction psychologists. We offer continuing education opportunities throughout the year at a variety of meetings and events, including our annual mid-year meeting, Collaborative Perspectives on Addiction.

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Latest Clinical Teleconference

Ethics in Modern Addiction Treatment, Part 2

Working with substance use disorders can be ethically complex terrain, balancing numerous stakeholders, regulatory bodies, and clinical philosophies as you make clinical and organizational decisions. This clinical conference call focuses on applied ethics in the context of the treatment of... read more

Find Help for Addiction

Resources are available for those struggling with addiction and numerous effective treatments exist. Whether you are looking for help for yourself or a loved one, we encourage you to seek out help.

We recommend the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, which provides resources on behavioral health treatment across the country, as well as medication-assisted treatment programs for opioid addiction.
The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Alcohol Treatment Navigator provides a step-by-step strategy for finding the best quality alcohol treatment programs and individual providers.
The Self-Empowering Addiction Treatment Association provides a directory for harm reduction and other treatment alternatives to a disease-model approach.

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