Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology Editor: Annette M. La Greca ISSN: 0022-006X Published Bimonthly, beginning in February

Call for Papers

Special Section on "Smoking Cessation: Innovative Treatments and Understudied Populations"

Despite advances in pharmacological treatment, smoking cessation rates remain relatively stagnant. This may be because the development and testing of theory-based behavioral treatments has stalled or because certain segments of the population have not been targeted for intervention.

The Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology is requesting submissions of empirical papers that focus on either testing innovative treatment approaches for smoking cessation or testing smoking cessation interventions in understudied populations.

Manuscripts that focus on innovative treatments may include, but are not limited to:

• behavioral therapy
• cognitive behavioral therapy
• combined pharmacological and behavioral therapies
• theory-based therapies that have been tested in other fields but have not yet been applied to smoking cessation

Manuscripts that focus on understudied populations may include, but are not limited to, targeting different cultures, ethnicities, ages, and medical and psychiatric comorbidities.

Preference will be given to papers with a clearly articulated theoretical foundation and clinical implications. The goal of this special section is to present cutting-edge research on smoking and to stimulate the field to produce innovative theory-based treatments and address the needs of understudied and undertreated smokers.

The deadline for submissions of manuscripts is January 5, 2009. The anticipated publication date is February 2010.

Papers that do not meet the deadline will be considered as "regular" submissions to this journal.

All submissions should be entered through the main submission portal for the journal. Authors should indicate in their accompanying cover letter that the paper is to be considered for the special section on "Smoking Cessation: Innovative Treatments and Understudied Populations."

All submitted papers must be in APA format and conform to all the submission guidelines for this journal; papers that do not follow the guidelines may be returned without review.

Questions or inquiries regarding the special section should be directed to the section editor, Dr. Belinda Borrelli.