Editorial

This is my final editorial as I will be finishing my five-year tenure in February 2015. For three years prior, I was the US Book Review Editor along with Marcus West, a wonderful colleague and now friend. And while Joe Cambray was Editor, I helped with conferences and other odd jobs. So, the JAP has been a significant aspect of my life for many years.

I have loved trips to London and am grateful for the many opportunities that I have had to meet with the Journal Editorial Committee (JEC) face-to-face. Although the phone calls have not always been easy, participating in the organizing group has allowed me to appreciate the complexity and functioning of the JAP overall. Recently, Martin Stone developed a review of the Berlin conference which was discussed last month. A move toward reflection and group decision-making can only strengthen the healthy functioning of the Journal. Engagement of Journal Editorial Committee members in small working groups would help distribute the workload and, more importantly, it would involve the creative talents of the group.

I hope that movement towards international inclusion will continue. A few weeks ago, William, Susanna and I met with Deputy Editors Stefano Carta and Patricia Vesey-McGrew, and we looked at various ways to engage non-English speakers in publishing with us. This new small group has a lot of potential and I hope that it will continue to actively pursue the thinking, writing and clinical work of other cultures. Doing so expands the possibility to influence and be influenced in a bi-directional way.

Good news is that Wiley has agreed to print abstracts in Chinese. I gather that there is a growing interest among Asian areas such as China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macao. Japan is now actively involved and is bringing together the next IAAP conference in 2016 in Kyoto. Those of us who attend should be listening for papers that would be a good fit and, at the same time, extend the purview of the Journal. The JAP can take a lead i