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  Monitor on Psychology
Volume 38, No. 8 September 2007

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Table of Contents
Print version: page 6

In this month's issue:

Cover story: Serving those who serve
Transforming military mental health
Helping and healing
A psychologist and a soldier
Two psychologists who know first-hand how to help military families
Planting victory gardens, psychology style
Helping families who don't seek it out
A boost from home
A growing field meets the challenges of war

Teaching people to parent, the primate way
After studying monkeys and raising 50 cotton-top tamarins at home Harriet J. Smith is applying her understanding of primate parenting in her work as a clinical psychologist.

Insights on animal play and more
At the annual Western Psychological Association conference, scientists challenge popular assumptions about memory, play and more.

Science Watch
The expert's advantage
Research on chess and Scrabble® champs sheds light on the aging mind.

Group doctoring
For psychologists, opportunities may abound as shared medical appointments gain ground.

Dropping in, climbing back
Consumer-run treatment centers put control back in clients hands, say psychologists.

Positive parenting
APA's violence prevention program teaches prison inmates how to be better dads.

Ethics rounds
The work of the APA Ethics Office: frequent calls we receive
Reviewing calls to the Ethics Office shows how closely ethical, legal and clinical issues are entwined in requests for ethics consultations.

Hunting down fugitive literature
APA's PsycEXTRA database continues to add hard-to-find behavioral health publications to its archives.

Presidential candidates answer last two questions

New officers
The election results for APA divisions and APA's Council of Representatives.


DEPARTMENTS

Letters
President's column
From the CEO
Judicial notebook
Science directions
In the public interest
Association news
Division spotlight
American Psychological Foundation
People
Staff


IN BRIEF

Psychologist wins National Medal of Science
Your brain counts on gestures
Good for sales, bad for boys?
Making an effort to impress enhances mood
Training helps police officers overcome racial bias
Pigeons possibly pick a preplanned path
Can a tune carry a movie?
Psychology archives receive $2.1 million
TV violence harms children, APA member testifies to Congress
SAMHSA official addresses APA
Speaking out for childrens mental health
A better way to access APAs electronic databases

 

 
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