Psychology Today
{{Short description|American magazine and media organization}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox magazine
| title = Psychology Today
| image_file = January 2023 Psychology Today Cover.jpg
| image_size =
| image_caption = Cover of the magazine's January 2023 issue
| company = Sussex Publishers
| paid_circulation =
| unpaid_circulation =
| total_circulation = 275,000 ({{as of|2023|lc=y}}){{cite web |url=https://psychologytoday.com/sites/default/files/psychologytoday_mediakit_2022-5.pdf |title=Advertising Media Kit |website=Psychology Today |access-date=2021-02-03}}
| frequency = Bimonthly
| language = English
| category = Psychology
| editor = Kaja Perina
| editor_title = Editor-in-chief
| founded = {{start date and age|1967}}
| country = United States
| based = 16 West 22nd Street, Suite 200, New York City, U.S.
| website = {{URL|psychologytoday.com}}
| issn = 0033-3107
}}
Psychology Today is an American media organization with a focus on psychology and human behavior.
The publication began as a bimonthly magazine, which first appeared in 1967. The print magazine's reported circulation is 275,000 as of 2023. The Psychology Today website features therapist and health professional directories and hundreds of blogs written by a wide variety of psychologists, psychiatrists, counselors, social workers, medical doctors, marriage and family therapists, anthropologists, sociologists, and science journalists.
Psychology Today is among the oldest media outlets with a focus on behavioral science. Its mission is to cover all aspects of human behavior so as to help people better manage their own health and wellness, adjust their mindset, and manage a range of mental health and relationship concerns.
Psychology Today content and its therapist directory are found in 20 countries worldwide.{{Cite web|title=Find a Therapist, Psychologist, Counselor - Psychology Today.|url=https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/counsellors?domain=content&cc=us&cl=en|access-date=2021-02-09|website=www.psychologytoday.com|language=en-US|archive-date=2021-05-31|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210531093244/https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/counsellors?domain=content&cc=us&cl=en|url-status=live}} Psychology Today
History
=20th century=
Psychology Today was founded in 1967{{cite journal |last1=Lewenstein |first1=Bruce V. |title=Was There Really a Popular Science "Boom"? |journal=Science, Technology, & Human Values |date=April 1987 |volume=12 |issue=2 |pages=29–41 |doi=10.1177/016224398701200204 |url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/016224398701200204 |access-date=27 May 2024 |hdl=1813/13731 |hdl-access=free |archive-date=27 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240527175738/https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/016224398701200204 |url-status=live }} by Nicolas Charney. The goal of the publication is to make psychology literature accessible to the general public.
Psychology Today features reportage and information that looks inward at the workings of the brain and bonds between people. It draws on research reports and interviews with experts on topics, including human motivation, personality development, intelligence, child development, parenting practices, schizophrenia, sexuality, leadership, addiction, anxiety, politics, and human and animal behavior.
Contributors have included Irving Janis, Martin Seligman, Peter Drucker, Abraham Maslow, and others.{{cite web |title=25 Big Ideas That Began Here |url=https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/articles/201707/25-big-ideas-began-here |website=Psychology Today |access-date=22 February 2021 |archive-date=4 June 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240604024549/https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/articles/201707/25-big-ideas-began-here |url-status=live }}
In 1976, Psychology Today sold 1,026,872 copies. In 1981, its circulation increased to 1,171,362 copies in 1981. In 1986, it decreased to 862,193.
From 1983 to 1987, Psychology Today was owned and managed by the American Psychological Association.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/02/23/business/advertising-psychology-today-sale-to-group-completed.html|title=Advertising: Psychology Today Sale To Group Completed|date=February 23, 1983|last=Dougherty|first=Phillip H.|work=The New York Times|access-date=February 12, 2017|archive-date=April 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220421221051/https://www.nytimes.com/1983/02/23/business/advertising-psychology-today-sale-to-group-completed.html|url-status=live}} The magazine has won several awards from the Society of Publication Designers.{{cite web |title=SPD Gold & Silver Medal Winners |url=https://www.spd.org/spd-56-winners |website=Society of Publication Designers |access-date=2021-11-08 |archive-date=2021-11-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211108223416/https://www.spd.org/spd-56-winners |url-status=live }}
=21st century=
From June 2010 to June 2011, Psychology Today ranked among the top 10 selling consumer magazines at newsstands.{{cite news|last=Ives|first=Nat|date=9 August 2011|title=Top 10 Consumer Magazines by Single Copy Sales (chart)|work=AdAge|url=https://adage.com/article/media/magazines-fastest-growing-titles/229157/|access-date=29 April 2014|archive-date=30 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140430033719/http://adage.com/article/media/magazines-fastest-growing-titles/229157/|url-status=live}}
The Psychology Today website, which includes archived articles since 1992, features a continuous stream of blogs by laboratory researchers, clinical practitioners, and writers with a broad range of expertise. Daily reports of the findings of new research on human behavior accompany accounts of common concerns and explorations of the impact of current events on mental health.
The website includes a directory of psychologists, psychiatrists, and other mental health professionals in the U.S. and globally. In June 2021, The New York Times recommended the website as a source for finding therapists.{{cite news |title=The Online Therapy Services We'd Use |url=https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/online-therapy-services/ |website=The New York Times |date=17 June 2021 |access-date=2021-11-08 |archive-date=2021-11-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107011718/https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/online-therapy-services/ |url-status=live }}
Content and standards
The magazine is not peer-reviewed,{{Cite journal|last1=Kelly|first1=Jacalyn|last2=Sadeghieh|first2=Tara|last3=Adeli|first3=Khosrow|date=October 2014|title=Peer Review in Scientific Publications: Benefits, Critiques, & A Survival Guide|journal= EJIFCC|volume=25|issue=3|pages=227–243|issn=1650-3414|pmc=4975196|pmid=27683470}} but all expert author content is reviewed, edited, and fact-checked for accuracy and objectivity by the publication's editorial staff.{{Cite web |title=Editorial Process {{!}} Psychology Today |url=https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/docs/editorial-process |access-date=2022-03-15 |website=www.psychologytoday.com |language=en |archive-date=2024-02-17 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240217054406/https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/docs/editorial-process |url-status=live }} Psychology Today features contributors with various academic expertise in psychology-related fields.{{Cite web|title=Meet Our Contributors {{!}} Psychology Today|url=https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/contributors/all|access-date=2021-03-02|website=www.psychologytoday.com|language=en|archive-date=2024-06-04|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240604024448/https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/contributors/all|url-status=live}}
Editors in chief
- Anastasia Toufexis, 1998–1999
- Robert Epstein, 1999–2003
- Kaja Perina, 2003–present{{Cite web|url=https://www.psychologytoday.com/aboutcontact|title=Contact}}
References
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Further reading
- {{cite news |last=Landau |first=Elizabeth|title=Do Psychologists Still Listen to Freud?|url=https://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/06/07/freud.psychology.psychoanalysis/index.html |publisher=CNN|date=June 8, 2010}}
External links
- {{Official website|https://www.psychologytoday.com/magazine}}
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