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Browse the latest updates from APA, informed by psychological science.
Candice Hargons, PhD, elected as 2028 APA president
APA CEO Arthur C. Evans Jr., PhD, to retire in January 2028
You can make a difference
Learn about key issues impacting psychologists today
The skinny on the postdoc
When to get started, how to get one and what you can do to make the most out of it.
Treating people of color: Three essential ways to prepare
Psychologists offer strategies for developing racial responsiveness in the time of COVID-19.
Raising reimbursement
APA boosts its efforts to ensure psychologists are better reimbursed for their services.
A home for American Arab, Middle Eastern and North African Psychology
A new association supports this culturally and religiously diverse population.
Enticing new faces to the field
The largest increases in student diversity were among those who identified as Hispanic or multiethnic.
Answering the demand for services
Underserved communities need more health-service psychologists.
From snowboarder to sport psychologist
Dave Botsford helps college student athletes perform at their peak.
Retooling psych 101
APA initiative provides guidance for those who teach what many say is psychology’s most important class.
Patient-centered pain management
Federal recommendations for pain management recognize the crucial role of psychological and behavioral treatment options.
De-stress!
We offer tips for balancing the pressures of academics with self-care.
Recognition and reward
Thirteen graduate students are the latest recipients of the American Psychological Foundation (APF) and Council of Graduate Departments of Psychology (COGDOP) Graduate Research Scholarships.
The part-time path
Half-time internships may help the match imbalance and students with school/life balance problems.
Therapy is twice as effective in clients' native language
Psychotherapy for ethnic-minority clients can be particularly effective if psychologists integrate clients' cultural values into treatment.
APA-backed program primes students for the professoriate
Preparing Future Faculty (PFF) in Psychology students learn about the difference between faculty responsibilities at a variety of higher education settings, link with multiple mentors and get training in the full spectrum of faculty responsibilities-from teaching to service to research.
APA releases new edition of career classic
The second edition of Career Paths in Psychology: Where Your Degree Can Take You details 19 of the field's most promising career paths, including five new careers since the first edition.
The expansion of contingent faculty
Of the nearly 1.2 million faculty positions at all U.S. institutions, about 65 percent are contingent faculty--those who work either part time or hold full-time, nontenure-track positions.
Accreditation and the Match
How could a program's accreditation status affect how many of its students find internships in the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Programs Match?
Anything but conventional
Students at APA’s 2006 Annual Convention did more than just attend presentations and network. They contributed to the rebirth of New Orleans.
Research postdocs under the microscope
About three-quarters of respondents who had completed or were in a research postdoc at the time of the survey cited complementing research knowledge and skills in their subfield as at least one of the reasons they took the position, according to APA's 2003 Doctorate Employment Survey.
Student debt still on the rise
New psychology graduates in practice subfields continue to face more debt than their colleagues in research subfields, finds APA's recently released 2003 Doctorate Employment Survey.
Longer train commutes are more stressful, study finds
Longer commutes were significantly associated with elevated cortisol, poorer proofreading performance and higher levels of perceived commuting stress — even after controlling for participants' sociodemographic characteristics and the conditions of the train.
New study offers direction on using diaries in research
The method of collection may not be as important as other factors, such as study design and participant motivation.
Trends for new graduates
A recently released APA survey shows postdocs are still on the rise, among other trends.
Prenatal alcohol exposure variably affects children's attention
Children whose mothers abused alcohol during pregnancy have auditory and visual attention deficits, but the effects aren't global.
Burnout harms workers' physical health through many pathways
Burnout increases people's likelihood of developing myocardial infarction, ischemic heart disease, stroke and sudden cardiac death.