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Cover Story
A new focus for research
NIMH is pumping big money into effectiveness research to move promising treatments into practice.
Science
Psychology's largest prize goes to four extraordinary scientists
The Templeton Positive Psychology Prize wills support research on positive emotions, optimism and intellectual precocity.
 A new stress paradigm for women
Rather than fighting or fleeing, women may respond to stress by tending to themselves and their young and befriending others.
How do parents matter? Let us count the ways
A forthcoming book details evidence of how, when and in what context parents influence child development--and where they might not.
Science watch
Cognitive inertia and mental biases may thwart our abilities to correctly map even the world's best-known cities.
Practice
APA is key to anti-stigma campaign
A White House initiative aimed at teens seeks to prevent discrimination of people with mental illnesses.
Five years of APA's PE campaign
Initiative has garnered the national spotlight.
The mental/dental connection
More psychologists and dentists are coming together to help patients--and their own practices.
Public Interest
Bringing minorities into the research fold
An APA program attracts minority students to biomedical research through teamwork among institutions.
Long-term care: dire need for services, inadequate pay for psychologists
Psychologists band together to advocate for comprehensive mental health services for people in long-term care settings.
A court that sentences psychological care rather than jail time
A mental health court in Broward Country, Fla., provides a much-needed service for the community and a learning opportunity for psychology doctoral students.
Education
 If I'd only known...
Wish you'd known the secrets of faculty life before you started your first job in academe? Faculty who know the ropes pass on their collective wisdom.
Easing new faulty into departmental life
Psychology departments are going to greater lengths to help new hires fit in.
Course exposes hidden racial prejudices
Students confront their hidden biases to better prepare for psychology practice.
E-dissertations
Two up-and-coming professionals are breaking new ground by generating Web sites rather than papers.
Association
APA task force considers changes to proposed ethics code
After gathering member feedback, the task force continues to refine its plans to alter the code and seeks more member input during APA's Annual Convention.
APA book notes
A new book makes multivariate statistics more accessible to those with little or no formal training in statistics.
APA presidential elections
Candidates answer two more questions.
Presidential citations
APA President Pat DeLeon and President-elect Norine Johnson recognize fellow psychologists for outstanding service in mental health work.
Convention Highlights
 Focus on Science
The human genome project, a talk by Steve Hyman and "a beginner's manual" for academics headline this year's programming for scientists.
'Valuing diversity'
U.S. Surgeon General to be key speaker at Aug. 8 event.
Education convention programming 2000
Education programs are geared for all levels.
American Psychological Foundation
APF hosts distinguished speakers at convention
Wide variety of programming is offered.
APF recognizes psychologists for life achievement
Foundation bestows medals on psychologists at convention.
Halonen honored for teaching excellence
Jane Halonen is the winner of this year's award for distinguished teaching in psychology.
Departments
APF news
Association news
Calendar
Division spotlight
Facts and figures
In the public interest
Judicial notebook
Letters
On the record
People
President's column
Professional point
Public Policy Office update
Running Commentary
Time capsule
Web sites of the month
In brief
Psychologists take part in White House conference that highlights research on teens
Psychology seeks to replicate groundbreaking research on the success of drug/psychotherapy treatment
APA briefing focuses on need for better treatment for youth in juvenile facilities
Therapy that starts online but aims to continue in the psychologists's office
Task force on health care meets
Free APA brochure helps consumers make sense of a 'dot.com' world
Psychologists to Congress: More attention to psychological needs of older adults is warranted
Conference helps strengthen APA-VA partnership
Virtual reality research a star attraction at Capitol Hill event highlighting NSF-funded research
Locking up child abusers is not enough, psychologist tells Congress
Federal initiative seeks to encourage more research on gay, lesbian and bisexual concerns
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