April 2015 | Monitor on Psychology

Vol. 46 No. 4
April 2015 Monitor on Psychology

On the Cover: Great expectations

  • 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.

Questionaire

QUESTIONNAIRE

Are your clients leaving too soon?

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.

Ethics Rounds

ETHICALLY SPEAKING

Ethical issues in researching daily life

Researchers who conduct ambulatory assessment should be aware of the pitfalls that may come with new technology that captures participant data.

After decline, APA division membership shows rebound

Features

After decline, APA division membership shows rebound

News from APA's Center for Workforce Studies.

Changing the cancer landscape

A special issue of American Psychologist reviews psychology's role in cancer risk reduction, treatment adherence and quality of cancer survivorship.

Trauma in Ukraine

A psychologist is using Skype to train mental health providers in war-torn Ukraine.

State by state, psychologists stand for science

An APA program is training advocates to explain to members of Congress — in person — why psychology research is important.

Money stress weighs on Americans’ health

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.

Career-changing funds for psychology

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.

Gaming to learn

Do educational computer and video games lead to real learning gains? Psychologists say more research is needed.

Big data help prevent Army suicides

In a partnership with NIMH, the Army is identifying the risk factors that can lead service members to take their own lives.

Competence vs. conscience

‘Conscience clause’ initiatives expand beyond psychology training into the practice arena.

Random Sample

RANDOM SAMPLE

Charlie H. Brown Jr., PhD

Performance psychologist and avid hiker.

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