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In this month's issue:

Moments of lucidity
Why do people with mental illness have good days and bad ones?

Protecting our children
APA is expanding its work to ensure that children are raised in safe, stable and nurturing environments.

Making it the law
APA advocates to enhance laws preventing child abuse and neglect.

A year of personal guidance
Through the Catalyst program, young scholars are teamed with experts in their fields.

Meet your new representatives
Members have elected these psychologists to represent their divisions, states, provinces and territories in APA's Council of Representatives.

Educational Leadership Conference '08

Exploring the world
Expose your students to different cultures through service learning trips and foreign study programs.

55 Bringing a new message to Congress
This year's visits to Capitol Hill focused on the mental health needs of college students.


Parity at last!
After years of APA advocacy, Congress passed a law that requires mental health services to be covered at the same level as medical services.

Women's Leadership Institute Advancing women in academe APA's first Women's Leadership Institute inspired mid-career academic female psychologists to consider their next career steps creatively and thoughtfully. Wanted: Leaders equipped for today's trials To become an effective leader in today's volatile job market, tap your strengths—and learn some new ones. Achieving win-win How to negotiate to get what you really want. Mentoring for mid-career women Tips for securing—and maximizing—mentors for life.

GOVERNMENT RELATIONS UPDATE
Public interest issues take center stage
Members advance critical legislative issues on Capitol Hill.

TIME CAPSULE
America's first black female psychologist
Despite the odds, Inez Beverly Prosser earned her doctorate in psychology 75 years ago and went on to do historic work, though her life was abruptly cut short.

QUESTIONNAIRE
Storytelling, American style
Pre-eminent researcher Qi Wang, PhD, looks at the cultural differences in how we pass down family memories.

SCIENCE WATCH
Against doctors' orders
New research reveals why smoking's so easy to start and so hard to quit.

HOW TO
Help your clients kick the habit
A variety of research-tested behavioral tools boost success rates for smokers who want to quit.

PRACTICE PROFILE
Wheels of change
A psychologist's work with Old Order Amish youth is helping teens make safer transitions into adulthood.

A CLOSER LOOK
Putting school research into action
APA's Div. 16 seeks to make sure research-backed programs don't gather dust on school shelves.

ETHICS ROUNDS
The intersection of psychologists' personal and professional lives
Ethical Standard 2.06, on psychologists' personal problems and conflicts, provides an opportunity to think more broadly about how our personal lives relate to the work we do.

EARLY CAREER PSYCHOLOGY
Early career concerns
Debt and family responsibilities top the list, finds an APA survey.

AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL FOUNDATION
Thanks to APF donors
Award winners and funding opportunities

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