Psychologists in Public Service

Division 18: Psychologists in Public Service responds to the needs of the public in areas such as psychological practice, research, training and policy formation. The division is comprised of five sections representing a variety of settings: community and state hospital psychologists, criminal justice, police and public safety, psychologists in Indian Country and veterans affairs. The division and its sections provide a forum for its members to discuss common professional interests, to advocate for the mental health needs of the public and to promote the use of evaluation and research in public research programs. The newsletter Public Service Psychology is sent to members three times a year.

President

Linda P. Bodie, PsyD, Greenwood, Ind.
View a list of past presidents

Secretary-Treasurer

Bret A. Moore, PysD

Journal

Psychological Services (quarterly beginning in Spring 2004)
Editor: Patrick DeLeon, PhD, Bethesda, Md.

Newsletter

Public Service Psychology (three issues per year)
Co-Editors: Marcia Baruch, PhD, Mount Laurel, N.J. and Victor S. Wolski, PhD, HSPP, Rome, Ga.

Read about Division 18 in the Monitor

A home for Indian country psychologists
Prescription privileges, loan-repayment options and more visibility are among the priorities for an up-and-coming section of Div. 18.

Community and state hospital 
Chair: Jim Regan, PhD
Poughkeepsie, N.Y.

Criminal justice
Chair: Dawn Cisewski, PsyD
Boston, Mass.

Police and public safety
Chair: Guy O Seymour, PhD
Cambridge, Mass.

Psychologists in Indian Country
Chair: Robert Todd Wise, PhD
El-Koura, North Lebanon

Veterans affairs
Chair: Anne Klee, PhD
West Haven, Conn.

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