APA Monitor July / August 1999
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Inside

  • Psychologists rush to help Kosovar refugees: Practitioners are assessing mental health needs, providing therapy and enhancing refugees' ability to help their peers.
  • APA/MTV project a success: The joint project has led to hundreds of psychologist-run forums to help teens learn violence warning signs
  • Creating unique practices: Faced with a changing marketplace, many psychologists are developing successful niche practices

    Newsline

  • Jesse Jackson and David Satcher will speak at APA's Annual Convention in Boston
  • Judge limits federal protections for managed-care company
  • Navy to put more psychologists on board
  • APA calls for more research funding
  • Lack of social support may cause HIV-positive men to develop AIDS more quickly
  • Massachusetts may offer higher salaries to faculty who give up tenure
  • Health-care leaders help psychologists and students tap into government programs
  • Health plans continue to limit mental health benefits, study finds
  • Legislation would strengthen mental health parity
  • Participate in National Depression Screening Day

    Psychology & Society

  • White House conference on mental health: Conference marks the first time mental health has been an administration priority since the late 1970s


    Science

  • Laboratory vandalism: Animal rights activists hit University of Minnesota psychology lab
  • NIH agencies are seeking more behavioral funding
  • Freud's dream theory gets boost from imaging work


    Practice

  • Hope for VA psychologists: The "new VA" may offer better leadership opportunities for psychologists
  • Div 42 offers guide to creating practice niches


    Public Interest

  • Safer schools: Congress seeks APA's input on ways to prevent future youth violence
  • New program will help communities meet students' mental health needs before violence erupts


    Education

  • Student rally: San Francisco Bay area students and faculty psychologists advocate for increased training support
  • How to plan your own rally for student recognition
  • Bioethics, genetics top the list of new CE programs at APA's convention


    Association

  • Revision of ethics code calls for stronger 'former client' sex rule
  • Fellows bring psychological perspective to Capitol Hill
  • Jeanine Cogan hit the ground running as the 'Bailey AIDS Policy' fellow
  • APA defends stance against the sexual abuse of children
  • 'Healthy Schools' project is aimed at easing discrimination
  • Division and states elect new officers


    Convention Highlights

  • American Psychological Foundation will host lectures and symposium at Boston convention
  • Lifetime achievements to be honored by American Psychological Foundation
  • Barbara Nodine honored for teaching excellence
  • The latest print and electronic resources at convention