Division 12 - Society of Clinical Psychology

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APA members who are active in practice, research, teaching, administration, and/or study in the field of clinical psychology are invited to join the Division. Graduate students in APA approved or regionally accredited doctoral programs may become student affiliate members at a reduced rate. Membership includes a subscription to the journal, Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, and the quarterly publication, The Clinical Psychologist. Members also receive a 25% discount on psychology books from Oxford University Press. The Division sponsors continuing education workshops two days immediately prior to the annual APA convention.

Members and student affiliates may also choose to join one or more of the division's sections: Section II: Clinical Geropsychology, Section III: The Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology, Section IV: Clinical Psychology of Women, Section VI: Clinical Psychology of Ethnic Minorities, Section VII: Emergencies and Crises, Section VIII: Association of Psychologists in Academic Health Centers (APAHC), Section IX: Assessment, and Section X: Graduate Students and Early Career Psychologists. Some sections also have membership categories for non-Division 12 members.

Membership Application: www.apa.org/divisions/div12/members.html

President: Irving B. Weiner, PhD, Tampa, FL

Secretary: Danny Wedding, PhD, MPH, University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO

Journal: Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice (quarterly)
Editor: Phillip Kendall, PhD, ABPP, Temple University, Phhiladelphia, PA

Newsletter: The Clinical Psychologist (quarterly)
Editor: William C. Sanderson, PhD, Hofsta University, Hempstead, NY

Division-Sponsored Publications:

• Clinical Psychology (brochure)

• Task Force Reports on Empirically Supported Treatment are available through the Division 12 Central Office. The entire set of reports (including the original report, updates, the manuals list, and a set of syllabi) can be purchased for $30.00 from the Division 12 Central Office, PO Box 1082, Niwot, CO 80544.

Division Sections:

• Section II: Clinical Geropsychology
  President: Forrest R. Scoggin, PhD, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
  Newsletter: Clinical Geropsychology News (two issues per year)
  

• Section III: The Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology
  President: Daniel N. Klein, PhD, SUNY Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY
  Secretary-Treasurer: Denise Sloan, PhD, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
  Newsletter: Clinical Science (three issues per year)
  Homepage: www.bsos.umd.edu/sscp/

• Section IV: Clinical Psychology of Women
  President: Elizabeth Davis-Russell, PhD, SUNY College at Cortland, Cortland, NY
  Newsletter: The Clinical Psychology of Women (two issues per year)
  

• Section VI: Clinical Psychology of Ethnic Minorities
  President: Cheryl Boyce, PhD, Rockville, MD
  Secretary: Georgette Hardy DeJesus, PhD, Silver Spring, MD
  Newsletter: Clinical Psychology of Ethnic Minorities (two issues per year)
  Editor: Guerda Nicolas, PhD, Blauvelt, NY

• Section VII: Emergencies and Crises
  President: David Rudd, PhD, Baylor University, Waco, TX
  Secretary: Paul Duberstein, PhD, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
  Newsletter: Behavioral Emergencies Update (two issues per year)
  

• Section VIII: Association of Psychologists in Academic Health Centers (APAHC)
  President: John C. Linton, PhD, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Charleston, WV
  Secretary: Elena Reyes, PhD, Florida State University College of Medicine, Tallahasseee, FL

• Section IX: Assessment
  President: Radhika Krishnamurthy, PsyD, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL
  Secretary: Mary Louise Cashel, PhD, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL

• Section X: Graduate Students and Early Career Psychologists
  President: Kathryn Yannick, San Jose, CA
  Secretary: Angela Marie Reiter, Winter Haven, FL

Division Meetings:

• APA Annual Convention, Boston, MA, August 14-17, 2008

• Board of Directors Meeting, Hyatt Regency Jacksonville, FL, September 12-14, 2008

• Board of Directors Meeting, The George Hotel, Washington, DC, January 29-31, 2009

• Board of Directors Meeting, Hotel TBA, Philadelphia, PA, September 11-13, 2009

Awards: www.apa.org/about/division/div12awards.html

List of Presidents: www.apa.org/about/division/div12pres.html

For Additional Information Contact: The Division 12 Office, Lynn G. Peterson, Administrative Officer, PO Box 1082, Niwot, CO 80544; Telephone: (303) 652-3126; Fax: (303) 652-2723; Email: Lynn Peterson

Homepage: www.apa.org/divisions/div12/homepage.html