February 2015 | Monitor on Psychology
Vol. 46 No. 2
On the Cover: The skin psychology link
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The link between skin and psychology
How psychologists are helping patients with dermatological problems.
QUESTIONNAIRE
Psychologist Alan Leshner, who retires this month as CEO of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, discusses how researchers should advocate for their work in a difficult funding climate.
ETHICALLY SPEAKING
Many researchers are required to collect the Social Security numbers of participants to process payments to them. Is that asking too much?
Features
News from APA's Center for Workforce Studies.
Psychologists are participating in an NIH project to collect health data from wearable sensors.
Researchers and South Bronx residents work together to document controversial police tactics.
A special issue of APA's Neuropsychology explores the way our brains change as we age.
Researchers have found a way to alter memories in mice. Now they are exploring ways to manipulate traumatic memories in humans.
As deaths from heroin increase, psychologists are exploring what kind of treatment works best.
Transcranial magnetic stimulation is gaining ground as a therapy for treatment-resistant depression.
Social status isn't just about the cars we drive, the money we make or the schools we attend — it's also about how we feel, think and act, psychology researchers say.
Last fall, APA conducted elections for its new board, committee and commission members.
RANDOM SAMPLE
A counseling psychologist who still practices at age 81.
COLUMNS
From the CEO
In the Public Interest
Judicial Notebook
President's Column
DEPARTMENTS
American Psychological Foundation

