Join the Div. 18 diversity task force or become a mentor

Div. 18 (Public Service) has developed a task force to expand the diversity of its membership and increase the activity of division members from diverse backgrounds within the division and APA. The task force will encourage diverse individuals to take advantage of leadership opportunities as well.

As one of its first initiatives, the Diversity Task Force has initiated a Div. 18 mentoring program that will pair students and early-career psychologists with seasoned psychologists. The division seeks mentors and mentees who are willing to participate in the program for at least one year.

To learn more, join the task force or to sign up for the mentoring program, contact Div. 18 APAGS representative Monica Roy.

To join Div. 18, contact membership chair Bill Safarjan, PhD, or visit www.apa.org/divisions/div18.

Div. 42 (Independent Practice) is collaborating with CarePaths Inc. to offer independent practitioners free access to online outcomes assessments. Div. 42 members will be able to access the CarePaths online assessment center through a link from the members’ area of the Div. 42 Web site, www.division42.org.

CarePaths is owned principally by psychologists and offers diagnostic, treatment planning and outcomes-measurement tools, such as the adult and youth versions of the OQ45 and the “Mental Health Advisor.”

For further information, contact Gordon Herz, PhD, Div. 42 internet editor, via e-mail. For information about joining Div. 42, contact Lisa Grossman, PhD, Div. 42 membership chair, via e-mail.

Div. 55 (American Society for the Advancement of Pharmacotherapy) selected Robert H. Pietrzak, a doctoral student in clinical psychology and neuropsychology at the University of Connecticut, as the recipient of the 2005 Patrick H. DeLeon Prize. This award recognizes Pietrzak’s review article, "Disordered gambling in adolescents: Epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment," which describes integrated psychopharmacological and psychological treatment approaches for problem and pathological gambling in adolescents. The article was published in Pediatric Drugs (Vol. 5, No. 9, pages 583–595).

Div. 55 annually awards the DeLeon Prize for an outstanding paper, thesis or dissertation in the area of clinical psychopharmacology or prescriptive authority for psychologists.

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