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Cover stories
Green is good for you
Psychologists' research explains the mental and physical restoration we get from nature--and has important implications for how we should be building our homes, work environments and cities.
Many approaches to being green
Behavioral researchers have identified a variety of ways to encourage environmentally friendly behavior.
Keeping national forests green and user friendly
Forest Service psychologist promotes the inclusion of human dimensions in forest management.
Other psychologists in the field
Psychologists ply their skills on a range of eco-friendly projects in their own communities.
The greening of APA
Science
Sights unseen
Research of a phenomenon known as inattentional blindness suggests that unless we pay close attention, we can miss even the most conspicuous events.
Restoring attention after brain damage
The most direct route may not be the best for treating brain-injured patients with attention deficits, according to a new meta-analysis.
Psychology is bound to become more Darwinian, says eminent psychologist
At APA's 2001 Annual Convention, Frans B.M. de Waal will discuss primate research that, he believes, underscores the value of evolutionary approaches to studying behavior.
Practice
Boosted to the top rungs of mental health policy
A recent APA policy fellow becomes Oklahoma's commissioner for mental health and substance abuse.
New rule will change the psychologist-physician relationship
Medical residency programs will now encourage physicians to collaborate with other health-care professionals.
A share of his future
Psychologist becomes only nonphysician shareholder in medical practice.
Collaborating in the country
A clinical and forensic psychologists has carved out his own practice by collaborating with rural primary-care physicians.
The integrative approach to cancer care
With psychologists' help, an oncology clinic taps the mind's power to restore the body.
Public Interest
Thwarting modern prejudice
APA divisions host a conference that frankly, and sometimes even painfully, shows how far psychology and the association has to go to improve its acceptance of others.
Our erotic personalities
Research debunks long-held notions about sexual orientation.
Psychology's colorful characters
Four psychologists are honored for the trails they blazed on behalf of minority psychologists.
Psychology's diversity leaps 'Beyond 2000'
A mentoring program for ethnic-minority community college students recounts its successes and looks to secure its future.
Revolutionary sex education
Psychologist spreads the word about healthy sexuality around the world.
Education
A new era for childhood education
APA members strive to unite psychology's efforts in early education and care and to shepherd their growth.
Turning students into advocates
Faculty active in the public policy arena are teaching students about the important interplay between psychology and policy-making.
Not-to-miss education lectures
The G. Stanley Hall presentations at this year's Annual Convention promise to provide the most recent empirical developments and theoretical ideas.
Association
APA's Council of Representatives passes resolution on assisted suicide
Other action at the Feb. 2225 meeting includes a discussion of psychologists' licensure issues and ethics adjudication.
Real-world risk management
A new CD-ROM instructional series from the APA Insurance Trust puts a new spin on the lessons psychologists and graduate students might have missed in class.
Disterhoft plans to highlight current themes in journal
Expect a seamless transition under Behavioral Neuroscience's news editor.
West is new editor for Psychological Methods
Journal's new editor seeks to make methodology more inclusive.
Children now come with a manual
A new book compiles leading empirical research to create a guide to children's behavior problems.
Information is just a click away
APA unveils a new system that makes searching PsycINFO even easier.
Departments
APA online news
Association news
Book notes
Calendar
Division spotlight
Facts and figures
In the public interest
Judicial notebook
Letters
On the record
People
President's column
Public Policy Office update
Running Commentary
Science Directions
Shared Perspectives
Time capsule
Web sites of the month
In brief
APA brings Psychology to Ohio in May and June
Can't get no satisfaction?
Workplace safety tied to job security
National Research Council says psychosocial sciences deserve more attention
New journal is catalyst for cutting-edge emotion research
Children: uncompensated casualties of the job market
Drug effects different if self-administered, study suggests
Students organize 'First Ever Stanford Undergraduate Psychology Conference'
National Science Foundation boosts cognitive neuroscience
Researchers develop workshops tailored to gay and lesbian couples
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