September 2016 | Monitor on Psychology

Vol. 47 No. 8
September 2016 | Monitor on Psychology

On the Cover: Career makeovers

  • Changing course

    Feeling unsatisfied in your professional pursuits? Psychology offers many options when it's time to take a different direction.

The research on why it's important to give yourself a break.

CE CORNER

From left to right, Lewin, Tolman and Hull in 1939 (Credit: THE CUMMINGS CENTER FOR THE HISTORY OF PSYCHOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF AKRON)

TIME CAPSULE

A light moment just before a dark era

Three psychologists try for levity at a pre-war convention

Features

Comprehensive mental health reform

The House of Representatives has passed H.R. 2646, a bill that seeks to help the 44 million Americans who confront mental health issues each year

By the Numbers: Access to mental health care

The Affordable Care Act has increased insurance coverage among those with mental health needs, but more coverage may not equal more access for all

Iowa psychologists can now prescribe

The move could boost other state RxP efforts nationwide

Treating Yazidi rape survivors

A psychologist has brought more than 1,000 victims of Islamic State sexual violence to Europe to get medical and psychological treatment

Reimbursing interns, increasing care

When Medicaid pays for psychology interns' services, more people get care

The misuse of PhD(c)

Why a designation used by some students is seen as unethical

Is that a pet or therapeutic aid?

What should you do if your patients ask you to write letters certifying that their pets are emotional support animals?

Moral minds

Angels vs. Demons: How psychological researchers are unearthing the roots of human morality

Preventing medical errors

Psychologists are revamping health-care systems to keep patients safe from life-threatening mistakes

Tailoring treatment by scanning the brain

Research suggests neuroimaging could help patients get effective mental health treatment, faster

Want to move into primary care? Here's how

Several programs, many online, help psychologists gain the skills they need to work on integrated-care teams

Integrated care in reverse

Jon Marrelli is getting people with serious mental illness the physical health care they need

How did you get that job?: Catching sex offenders

As chief of the Behavioral Analysis Unit of the U.S. Marshals Service in Washington, D.C., Michael Bourke, PhD, conducts research and training on predators

News from APA

Examples of APA and its members making a positive impact

Candidates

CANDIDATES FOR APA PRESIDENT

Candidates answer final questions

Candidates for the association’s presidency answer questions on enhancing APA's science agenda as well as APA's role internationally

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