Be a sport psychologist: Psychologists are supplementing their incomes by providing sport psychology services to local athletes

The best of chairs: When it comes to leading COGDOP, Deborah Best pushes for what's best for department chairs, not a political agenda

Newsline

Psychologists may soon be eligible for millions in federal training monies

Participate in National Eating Disorders Screening Program

Imaginative youngsters become creative problem-solvers, study finds

NIH funds five research centers to explore mind-body interactions

Quality-assurance group agrees that psychologists should have more control over patient care

Arrival of monthly assistance checks linked to homicides, suicides and other unnatural deaths

Study finds condemned killers are unfit to present their own cases in post-conviction appeals

Report on children's well-being available

Psychologists will be central to Satcher's strategy for nationwide suicide prevention

Military suicide-prevention program reduces the stigma of seeking help

Reciprocity accord eases some license transfers

APA's Summer Science Institute attracts top students to psychology

Imagery, massage and relaxation recognized as ways to manage pain

Psychologists are significantly involved with pharmacological interventions

Far more psychology degrees are going to women

Science

Spotlight on drug research: Psychologists are continually developing and refining animal behavioral models to test drug efficacy.

The different world of drug research

Practice

U.S. House of Representatives gives patients the right to sue managed-care plans

Day of protest in April will target managed care

There's a lot more to sports psychology than just waltzing in

Public Interest

Special focus on disability research: Rehabilitation psychologists are using federal grants to study the recovery of severely injured patients.

A revised rehabilitation journal changes cover and coverage

Certification board recognizes rehabilitation psychology specialty

Guidelines for spinal cord injuries don't go far enough

Education

Conflict comes with being chair: A strong understanding of the law, a cool head and solid record-keeping are a department chair's best defense

Proteges want mentors 'sympatico,' not paternal

Association

APA hosts congressional briefing on adolescent girls and AIDS

High school students win awards for psychology research

Minority program names new fellowship winners

Advances in journal publishing