Dr. Charles Wisniewski—a child and adolescent psychiatrist who specializes in social media use disorder and problematic internet use—is the guest editor for our special issue on adolescent behavioral addiction. Please reach out with any questions!

Congratulations to our co-editor-in-chief Dr. Jan Widerman on being selected as a Distinguished Fellow in Addiction Medicine! #asam #asam2024

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The deadline was extended to August 1st, 2025 for our special issue on adolescent behavioral addictions! Submit your article at this link: mc.manuscriptcentral.com/wcas

Both of our editors-in-chief ended up at ASAM this year! Feel free to say hello if you run into either of us!! #ASAM #ASAM2025 #adolescentmedicine #addictionmedicine

From one participant interview: “It’s being portrayed as being used by almost everybody. Both young and old. Especially those influencers on social media such as musicians, actors, and actresses. People that are very popular" (1/2)

Meet the new co-editors-in-chief: Jan Widerman is a pediatrician practicing in addiction medicine in Philadelphia, PA, and Cara Borelli is an emergency medicine physician practicing in addiction medicine in New Haven, CT 🩺✍️📗

We are very grateful to both our returning editorial board members and our new board members for coming together to bring their expertise in guiding the journal 🙌