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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
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Two steps forward on cannabis research
APA-supported cannabis research bills pass House and Senate.
Commemorating 50 years of alcohol research at the National Institute of Health
Addiction, Treatment, and Recovery Caucus vice co-chair honors the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.
Prioritizing COVID-19 vaccine distribution
APA brings psychological science of risk communication to Capitol Hill.
APA scientists help guide tobacco regulation
An arm of the FDA is relying on psychologists’ expertise in its effort to protect the public from harms associated with tobacco use.
A reorganization at NIH
Substance use, abuse and addiction research will have a new home, as a result of major restructuring at the National Institutes of Health.
Preventing cyber attacks
At a congressional hearing, an APA member emphasizes the need for more behavioral research in efforts to protect the nation's vast computer networks.
Snuff out tobacco use
Treating tobacco dependence offers a unique opportunity to blend psychology science and practice.
Advising the FDA
APA helps psychologists gain a seat at the Food and Drug Administration's table to discuss psychopharmacology.
Psychology's ability to curb energy use
With U.S. Rep. Brian Baird at the helm of a powerful subcommittee, Congress is hearing more about the ways behavioral changes could save the planet.
In Brief: Psychologist advocates for including substance abuse treatment in prison and re-entry programs
Roger Peters, PhD, underscored the importance of mental health services in offender rehabilitation; the effectiveness of short- vs. longer-term treatment services to those in re-entry programs; and the special needs of older offenders.
Funding secured for the Defense Graduate Psychology Education Program
Congress has approved $3.4 million to address the growing emotional and behavioral health needs of returning service members and their families, including post-traumatic stress disorder, severe medical injury and family reintegration.
Public Policy Update: When legislative objectives are in conflict
APA's support of antitorture legislation and a Department of Defense psychology training program pays off.
Public Policy Update--One drink too many
NIAAA scientists revise guidelines clinicians can use to assess alcohol problems and alcoholism.
Public Policy Update--Making psychological research a priority for countering terrorism
APA's science policy arm helps secure new centers for studying terrorism and announces a government report on furthering psychology's role in preventing and dealing with future attacks.
Psychological sleuths--How to be a successful fraud
What are the most effective methods for deceiving? What are the key personal and environmental variables for success or failure?
APA fights attempt to exclude psychology from security
The Homeland Security Federal Workforce Act (S. 589), which passed the Senate late last year, establishes a graduate fellowship program that explicitly excludes social sciences from eligibility.
Public policy update: Basic research for a changing world
A psychologist's testimony may bolster funding for psychological research.
Public policy update--New Congress and new homeland security department take shape
Shifts in political power and an emphasis on homeland security will ultimately affect psychology.
Congressional spending guided by APA recommendations
Spending bill includes APA-recommended report language.
Public policy update--Psychologists discuss counter-terrorism research on Capitol Hill
Psychological scientists met with congressional committee staff to illustrate psychology's role in national security.
Public policy update--Federal tobacco control efforts: The past as prologue
Psychologists' work continues to support tobacco control, in both research and practice.
