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Division 38 - Health Psychology

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Division 38 - Health Psychology seeks to advance contributions of psychology to the understanding of health and illness through basic and clinical research, education, and service activities and encourages the integration of biomedical information about health and illness with current psychological knowledge. The Division has a nursing and health group and special interest groups in aging, women, and minority health issues. The Division publishes the bimonthly journal Health Psychology and the quarterly newsletter The Health Psychologist. Division 38 offers a listing of training programs in health psychology and presents an annual student paper award.

A Closer Look: Click here to read about the division in the Monitor on Psychology, a publication of APA

Membership Application: www.apa.org/about/division/memapp.html

President: Beverly E. Thorn, PhD, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL

Secretary: Mary C. Davis, PhD, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

Journal: Health Psychology (bimonthly)
Editor: Robert M. Kaplan, PhD, UCLA School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA

  • January 2007 (Volume 26, Number 1), arrived January 17, 2007
  • March 2007 (Volume 26, Number 2), arrived March 30, 2007
  • May 2007 (Volume 26, Number 3), arrived May 15, 2007
  • July 2007 (Volume 26, Number 4), arrived July 2, 2007
  • September 2007 (Volume 26, Number 5), arrived September 10, 2007
  • November 2007 (Volume 26, Number 6), arrived November 15, 2007
  • January 2008 (Volume 27, Number 1 -- with Supplemental Issue: Diet, Exercise, and Diabetes Control), arrived January 25, 2008
  • March 2008 (Volume 27, Number 2 --with Supplemental Issue: Mediation and Moderation), arrived April 2, 2008
  • May 2008 (Volume 27, Number 3), estimated arrival May 15, 2008
  • July 2008 (Volume 27, Number 4), estimated arrival July 2, 2008
  • September 2008 (Volume 27, Number 5), estimated arrival September 10, 2008
  • November 2008 (Volume 27, Number 6), estimated arrival November 15, 2008

Newsletter: The Health Psychologist (quarterly)
Editor: Kevin S. Masters, PhD, Utah State University, Logan, UT

  • Spring 2007 (Volume 29, Number 1), arrived March 30, 2007
  • Summer 2007 (Volume 29, Number 2), arrived July 17, 2007
  • Fall 2007 (Volume 29, Number 3), arrived November 1, 2007
  • Spring 2008 (Volume 30, Number 1), arrived April 1, 2008
  • Summer 2008 (Volume 30, Number 2), estimated arrival July 17, 2008
  • Fall 2008 (Volume 30, Number 3), estimated arrival November 1, 2008

Division-Sponsored Publications: www.health-psych.org/pub.htm

Division Meeting:

  • 10th Annual Rehabilitation Psychology Conference 2008, Sheraton Downtown Suites and Hotel, Tucson, Arizona, April 4-6, 2008, American Board of Rehabilitation Psychology, Division 22 (Rehabilitation Psychology), and Division 38 (Health Psychology)

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

Awards: www.apa.org/about/division/div38awards.html

For Additional Information Contact: Division 38 Administrative Office, American Psychological Association, 750 First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002-4242; Telephone: (202) 216-7602; Fax: (202) 218-3599; Email: Keith Cooke

Homepage: www.health-psych.org

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