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Volume 35, No. 2 February 2004

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  Table of contents
Print version: page 6

Cover stories

Debating access to scientific data

Data sharing: a different animal

Honoring innovative graduate programs

Controversial changes to Medicare

Helping with post-conflict readjustment

Accolades for research soldiers in the AIDS fight

Effects of stress during pregnancy





In this month's issue:

Coming soon in Honolulu
Look for presidential-track speakers and a culture-rich opening session at APA's 2004 Annual Convention.

Number of psychology PhDs declining
Survey shows institutions are awarding fewer psychology PhDs and that the discipline continues to attract more women than men.

Training psychology students to respond to terrorism

Integrating neuroscience into general psychology

Honorable mentions

Pushing for a higher standard
TOPSS highlighted its national standards for high school teachers at a social studies conference.

Bolstering training in psychology's underserved areas
Twenty-three grantees secure $3 million in federal Graduate Psychology Education funding for interdisciplinary training programs.

GPE award-winners

The push continues for internship Medicare funds

Psychologists help reduce stress in the military

Custom-tailored resilience help
Fact sheets on how to create resilience in different types of traumatized populations are available through APA's Governance Affairs Office.

Research-based help for teens in jeopardy
Though a small proportion of adolescents end up in serious trouble, biology and culture put them all at risk for misbehavior, conference participants concluded.

Moms' nurturing linked with less troubled young

Another link between death and drinking

Sleep, baby, sleep
Psychologist Jodi Mindell helps children--and their parents--get a good night's sleep.

When done right, Internet research yields rewards
Studies conducted online can be valuable and scientifically sound when unique ethical and research concerns are considered.

A shift in priorities at NIMH
Under the leadership of Tom Insel, the National Institute of Mental Health will direct its dollars toward research relevant to the treatment of mental illness.

A mission in flux

PUBLIC POLICY UPDATE:
Serving psychology and promoting research and services
APA thanks the many psychologists who serve on federal advisory committees.

A CLOSER LOOK:
Toward better family dialogue

Spotlight on...
A featured psychology leader whose vision, time and financial support have made the American Psychological Foundation a major philanthropic organization for psychology.

Departments

APF news
Association news
Classified Ads
A closer look
Division spotlight
In the public interest
Letters
People
President's column
Public Policy Office update
Running commentary
Science directions
Staff

In brief

Do early-childhood experiences program young brains?

Rape circumstances differentially affect later sexual behavior

Perinatal exposure to PCBs may have lasting effects

Benefit-finding doesn't always mean improved lives for breast cancer patients

Recall can sometimes reduce false memory, study shows

 

 


 
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