February 2016 | Monitor on Psychology

Vol. 47 No. 2
February 2016 | Monitor on Psychology

On the Cover: Adventures in integrated care

  • Adventures in integrated care

    A yearlong series showcases psychology practitioners who work on a variety of teams, reporting on what these practitioners do and how they got the education and training to do it.

Questionaire

QUESTIONNAIRE

Listening to killers

Hidden inside many murderers are abused children who grew up in urban war zones, says James Garbarino.

Do U.S. laws go far enough to prevent bullying at school?

CE CORNER

Do U.S. laws go far enough to prevent bullying at school?

The nationwide effort to reduce bullying in U.S. schools can be regarded as part of larger civil and human rights movements that have provided children with many of the rights afforded to adults.

Karl Bühler (1879–1963) is regarded as a major figure in the history of psychology in Central Europe and yet he is virtually unknown in the United States. (credit: Archives of the History of American Psychology, the Drs. Nicholas and Dorothy Cummings Center for the History of Psychology, The University of Akron.)

TIME CAPSULE

The differing paths of an immigrant couple

Karl Bühler (1879–1963) is regarded as a major figure in the history of psychology in Central Europe and yet he is virtually unknown in the United States.

Taking action: University of Missouri counseling psychology student Reuben Faloughi and professor Dr. Lisa Flores. (credit: Shane Epping)

Features

Fostering change

The University of Missouri’s counseling psychology department helped to lay the foundation for the student protests and the ouster of two campus leaders there. Now it is helping the school rebuild.

How did you get that job?

World Bank Group senior psychologist in Washington, D.C.: Stuart Fisher, PhD

Mistaken identity

Is eyewitness identification more reliable than we think?

Young and sleep deprived

Psychologists’ research supports later school start times for teens’ mental health.

Smartphone=not-so-smart parenting?

Psychologists and other child development experts are exploring how parents’ use of technology affects kids and the best ways to help families reconnect in the Digital Age.

Opening new vistas for talented kids

Psychologists are working to nurture gifted and talented children.

Web-savvy psychologists share the strategies they use to strengthen their Web presence and help patients get the services they need.

EARLY-CAREER PSYCHOLOGY

How to put yourself out there

Web-savvy psychologists share the strategies they use to strengthen their Web presence and help patients get the services they need.

COLUMNS

Judicial Notebook

President's Column

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