April 2016 | Monitor on Psychology
Vol. 47 No. 4
On the Cover: The debt trap
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The debt trap
Today’s aspiring psychologists will take on an average of more than $100,000 in debt to finance their graduate educations, a new study finds.
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Got debt?
A look at solutions for students who face formidable loan repayments.
ETHICALLY SPEAKING
Predatory publishers are increasingly targeting psychologists and other social scientists.
CE CORNER
With the number of lesbian and gay older adults expected to swell to nearly 7 million in the next decade, psychologists will increasingly be working with these clients.
Features
News from APA's Center for Workforce Studies.
Some psychologists argue that the field must take a stand for minimum-wage reform.
Kristen Dillon serves on an integrated-care team that provides veterans in hospice with a respectful, holistic and peaceful end of life.
Scientists are uncovering the faulty neurobiology behind anorexia and bulimia, debunking the myth that such eating disorders are solely driven by culture and environment.
Several psychologists are among a growing number who are applying their expertise to protect the rights of people at home and abroad.
This new psychology field focuses on underserved populations.
Barbara Roberts, PhD, clinician and consultant for the National Football League’s substance abuse program.
UPFRONT
- New website disseminates the best research on children and families
- APA promotes well-being while living with kidney disease
- Changes to the rules and procedures of APA’s Ethics Committee
- Learn to design, analyze and present data
- Reconstructing the brain by bits and bytes
- APA’s violence prevention program is recognized by WHO and Head Start
- Jean Maria Arrigo wins AAAS award
- By the numbers: Hearing loss and mental health
COLUMNS
Judicial Notebook
President's Column
DEPARTMENTS
American Psychological Foundation