Monitor on Psychology - Table of contents

Monitor on Psychology
Volume 37, No. 4 April 2006

Table of Contents
Print version: page 6

Cover story: The goods on gossip
• Have you heard the latest?
• Bonding over others' business
• Learned it through the grapevine
• Whispers as weapons

In this month's issue

Bourbon Street beckons
Psychologists attending APA's 2006 Annual Convention will contribute to the recovery of New Orleans—and can sample the city's re-emerging arts and culture.

APA governance news
APA's Council of Representatives has approved a change in the association's licensure policy, among other actions.

Ethics and national security
Olivia Moorehead-Slaughter chaired the APA Presidential Task Force on Psychological Ethics and National Security (PENS) and is current chair of the APA Ethics Committee. At the February Council of Representatives meeting, she provided an update on implementation of council's August 2005 actions regarding the PENS report and process. The Monitor reprints her remarks.

SCIENCE WATCH:
Gamble at your own risk
Knowledge of statistics may not keep people from gambling, but carefully designed warning messages might.

How reliable is eyewitness testimony?
Psychologists are helping police and juries rethink the role of eyewitness identifications and testimony.

Stressed out nation
Many Americans resort to unhealthy habits to help manage extreme stress, a new survey suggests.

A picture of health
A psychologist's multidimensional employee wellness initiative at the University of Missouri emphasizes mind-body health.

Bringing recovery home
Telehealth initiatives offer support and rehabilitation services in remote locations.

Soldier support
Psychologists help troops handle the stresses of combat in Iraq and the anxieties of coming home.

Redemption over revenge
Two psychologist-led programs offer help to Rwanda's walking wounded.

A call for data collection to eliminate health disparities
Psychologist Vickie Mays contributed to a report recommending that researchers gather more health data on race, ethnicity and primary language.

Geropsychology grants in peril
Seven geropsychology training efforts have lost funding they receive through the federal Graduate Psychology Education (GPE) Program.

Equality, diversity and integration
APA recognizes three graduate programs that transcend the traditional.

Next-generation tools for teachers
Psychologists team with engineers to put new technology to use in the classroom.

EARLY-CAREER INSIGHTS:
Getting to know you
New jobs often require learning new cultures as well as new skills. Here's how to thrive in your new setting and retain your identity as a psychologist.

PUBLIC POLICY UPDATE:
Funding forecast
Advocacy could stave off funding cuts many key federal programs face in the proposed budget.

ETHICS ROUNDS:
Reflections on being an ethical clinician
Being an ethical clinician entails differentiating our needs and desires from those of our clients and determining which of our needs and desires are appropriately met through our clinical work.

Meet APA's new board and committee members

DEPARTMENTS
• Letters
• President's column
• From the CEO
• Science directions
• In the public interest
• Judicial notebook
• Association news
• Division spotlight
• A closer look
• American Psychological Foundation
• People

IN BRIEF
• Extraversion, agreeableness linked to happiness in orangutans
• Ethics workshops available for state associations
• Control over day-to-day tasks can reduce fatigue
• Self-consciousness affects drinking in sororities and fraternities
• Both sexes seek attractiveness in one-night stand partners
• Psychologist describes mental health response to Katrina at Hill briefing
• Recruitment fair aims to increase clinical psychology's diversity
• More protection for psychologists' records in renewed Patriot Act