The year 2000 is already triggering anxiety in people who fear accidents and disasters... "For a subgroup of people with anxiety-related disorders-characterized by a general sense of unpredictability and worry about the future - the year 2000 will become a significant focus," says the director of the Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders at Boston University.
Martin Luther King's challenge to the nation's social scientists
In September, 1967, Martin Luther King Jr. was only 38-years-old but already president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and winner of the Nobel Peace when he took the podium at APA's Annual Convention. A re-reading of his powerful address today captures the urgen tone of the 60s, as he cajoled the nation's social scientists to "tell it like it is."
DeLeon elected APA president for 2000
DeLeon will advocate expanding telehealth, reaching out to more psychology communities and securing prescription privileges.
President's column.
Suinn announces presidential initiatives for 1999.