March 2015 | Monitor on Psychology

Vol. 46 No. 3
Monitor on Psychology March 2015

On the Cover: Mindfulness and depression

Questionaire

QUESTIONNAIRE

Fostering independence

Cameron Camp is helping people with dementia stay engaged by applying Maria Montessori’s famed educational techniques.

Ethics Rounds

ETHICALLY SPEAKING

Ethics, self-disclosure and our everyday multiple identities

APA’s Ethics Code speaks to our psychologies — and our clients’ psychologies — on many levels.

Which institutions award the most psychology degrees?

Features

Making the case for integrated care

An APA collaboration with Deloitte is building awareness of patient-centered medical homes.

Easing tensions

Federal efforts tap psychologists to help defuse tensions between communities and police.

Funding for patient-centered research

Psychologists who are studying real patients in real-world settings are encouraged to apply.

Truth in advertising

Undergraduate psychology programs aren’t always coded as STEM. Here’s why that matters and what psychologists are doing about it.

An epidemic of fear

Psychologists’ research is guiding governments and health leaders in their efforts to communicate with the public during disease outbreaks.

Helping immigrant children heal

Psychologists are working to help undocumented immigrant children recover from trauma and deal with the uncertainties of their lives.

In search of cultural competence

Psychologists still know little about what constitutes good treatment for people of diverse cultures. But researchers are getting closer by taking a variety of scientific approaches, including studying cultural adaptations of proven treatments.

Random Sample

RANDOM SAMPLE

Alyssa Kaying Vang, PsyD

The first Hmong-speaking licensed psychologist in Minnesota.

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