October 2015 | Monitor on Psychology

Since 2009, the NIH Science of Behavior Change initiative has funded basic research on how to develop and maintain healthier behaviors. Here’s a sampling of what they’ve learned so far.

News from APA's Center for Workforce Studies.

Psychologist Brigitte Khoury is changing the way LGBT people in Lebanon see themselves, and how others perceive and treat them in the health-care system and beyond.

APA’s Council of Representatives adopted as APA policy a resolution on violent video games and also adopted guidelines for practice with transgender and gender nonconforming people.

A former APA Congressional Fellow is helping to reform the educational system for Iraq’s Kurds.

Data sharing promotes transparency and openness in science. But there are challenges to doing it fairly and ethically.

If intelligent extraterrestrial life exists, psychologist Douglas Vakoch may design humanity's introductory message.

Psychologists have long played a major role at the Kinsey Institute. Here’s what they are exploring now.

A grant program is boosting the number of school-based, APA-accredited internship slots.

Psychologists, medical educators and other behavioral scientists are helping to develop so-called noncognitive tests for college admissions and other educational purposes.

Summaries of recently released APA books, journals and primers.

APA’s Council of Representatives requested a roll call vote on the motion to adopt policy banning psychologists from participating in national security interrogations in all settings.

APA’s Council of Representatives voted to reject an amendment to remove language from interrogation resolution.