Heard at APA's Annual Convention

"As long as the overriding value of our health-care system is the concern for the bottom line, we cannot reasonably expect that the underserved or the uninsured in our country will receive the share that democracy requires. Our grandmothers, our grandfathers, our mentally ill children must not be the basis of our cars and houses and surpluses."

--Rev. Jesse Jackson, former presidential candidate, on what he believes is wrong with health-care funding, page 12.

"In this country, there are programs for a 28-year-old man to get treatment for marijuana abuse, but there aren't any for 12-year-old girls."

--Nelba Chavez, administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, on the need to improve health care for women and girls, page 8.

"We know that 50 percent of deaths are directly related to human behaviors, and yet we spend too little time doing research and implementing programs related to them."

--David Satcher, U.S. Surgeon General, on the need for a more balanced approach to health care that would focus on disease prevention and health promotion, page 16.

"Schools are one of the safest places for children who are more at risk in their homes and in the streets."

--Irwin Hyman, PhD, Temple University researcher, on the school violence issue, page 17.

"It's a labor of love that's not rewarded. Should faculty be bearing this burden?"

--Mark Luker, vice president at Educause, on the fact that faculty who add technology to their courses often aren't compensated for the extra time and effort involved, page 22.

"There's this notion that the majority is helping us, that things are equal. But white privilege and monoculturalism continue to be invisible."

--Derald Wing Sue, faculty member at the California School of Professional Psychology - Alameda, on prevents diversity in academic psychology, page 12.

"Cultural and ethnic minorities are mostly the ones that are 'done to' in the justice system and are not largely the 'doers.'"

--Judith McKenna, of the Federal Judicial Center, on the need to promote understanding of cultural differences, page 14.

"As psychologists worry about clinical opportunities being eroded by managed care, here's the good news: There are major opportunities in business if we're willing to stretch ourselves and explore new ways of applying psychology."

--Karol Wasylyshyn, of the Leadership Development Forum, discussing the need for psychologists in the business community, page 17.

"Psychology is not currently a major player in the care and treatment of patients suffering from long-term mental illness. This is somewhat ironic because, at one time, clinical psychology had defined its purview as serious psychopathology."

--Ronald F. Levant, Nova Southeastern University, page 18.



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