April 2015 | Monitor on Psychology
Vol. 46 No. 4
On the Cover: Great expectations
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Great expectations
New research is leading to an understanding of how placebos work — findings that may lead to more effective treatments and better drug research.
QUESTIONNAIRE
Research shows that 20 percent of clients end therapy prematurely. In a new APA book, Joshua K. Swift and Roger P. Greenberg offer eight strategies that clinicians can use to reduce dropout rates.
ETHICALLY SPEAKING
Researchers who conduct ambulatory assessment should be aware of the pitfalls that may come with new technology that captures participant data.
Features
News from APA's Center for Workforce Studies.
A special issue of American Psychologist reviews psychology's role in cancer risk reduction, treatment adherence and quality of cancer survivorship.
A psychologist is using Skype to train mental health providers in war-torn Ukraine.
An APA program is training advocates to explain to members of Congress — in person — why psychology research is important.
Although our overall stress is down since the Great Recession began, many Americans continue to be substantially stressed by money, according to the latest APA Stress in America survey.
The Graduate Psychology Education Program — the nation’s only federal psychology training initiative — gets a historic funding boost, allowing more psychologists to be trained and more patients to be served.
Do educational computer and video games lead to real learning gains? Psychologists say more research is needed.
In a partnership with NIMH, the Army is identifying the risk factors that can lead service members to take their own lives.
‘Conscience clause’ initiatives expand beyond psychology training into the practice arena.
RANDOM SAMPLE
Performance psychologist and avid hiker.
COLUMNS
From the CEO
In the Public Interest
Judicial Notebook
President's Column
DEPARTMENTS
American Psychological Foundation

