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  • Physicians report problems in finding mental health specialists
  • Procrastinators always finish last, even in health, study suggests
  • The March of Dimes seeks behavioral research proposals
  • Stereotypes may explain some black boys' emotional withdrawal from academics
  • World Health Organization group approves landmark mental health resolutions
  • Psychology students support prescription priveleges, but there are caveats
    • Psychology & Society
    Is America Becoming Less Racist?
  • Forty years after being one of the "Little Rock Nine," psychologist Terrence Roberts still encourages people to think differently about race
    • Science

    Special Section on How Chemicals Rule Our Lives
  • Certain smells evoke stronger memories
  • What predicts which food we eat?
  • APA project is aimed at improving workers' health
  • APA names the 1998 Distinguished Lecturers
    • Practice
    Filling the Gaps
  • School psychologists are working with families and communities to improve mental health services for children
  • Study cites need for parity in children's health programs
  • Legislation changes rules for Medicare beneficiaries
  • Psychologists are still part of the rehabilitation team
    • Public Interest
    Assault on Hate Crimes
  • Hate crimes demand unique legal, psychological and policy responses, according to psychologists who spoke at a congressional briefing
  • Foster-care system struggles to keep siblings living together
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    In this issue

    NEW WAVE OF PHDs FIND THEIR OWN NICHES
    Psychologists with flexible training pursue emerging applied research niches in the field

    COMMUNICATING THROUGH PHEROMONES
    What kind of signals are our bodily chemicals really giving?

    IMPROVING EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES
    Amendments to an existing law could help many children with disagilities. But the law also contains some areas for concern

    IS DOWNSIZING BACKFIRING?
    Staff cuts appear to be damaging the mental health of the employees that remain, and may in turn be undermining corporations' ability to function well

    A PRESIDENT'S PRIORITIES
    APA's new president, Martin E.P. Seligman has unveiled a host of new programs, including an initiative to quell ethnopolitical warfare

    Departments

    ASSOCIATION

  • New editor takes helm of Developmental Psychology
    • Education
    Better Preparing Students
  • Leaders in psychology education set an agenda for revamping career preparation
  • Psychology trainers urged to update their programs to better fit todays's era of managed care
  • Talking about prejudice can be a powerful teaching tool
  • Psychology faculty recognized for excellence
  • How to survive an internship