May 2019 | Monitor on Psychology

Vol. 50 No. 5
Monitor on Psychology May 2019 cover

On the Cover: The Expat Life

  • The expat life

    Ever dream of taking your career abroad? Meet 10 American psychologists from a variety of subfields who revitalized their careers and their lives by moving to another country.

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The risks of social isolation

Psychologists are studying how to combat loneliness in those most at risk, such as older adults

Enhancing care and influencing policy

Features

Physical discipline is harmful and ineffective

A new APA resolution cites evidence that physical punishment can cause lasting harm for children

Mourning the land

Researchers are taking stock of the emotional toll of climate change in threatened communities worldwide

4 questions for Carolyn Mair

London’s go-to psychologist for fashion is working to make the industry more sustainable

The truth about lies

Almost all patients tell some lies while in therapy. But what patients keep hidden might reveal more than therapists think.

Finding treasure in public data

Large public data sets offer psychologists exciting, rich and cost-saving opportunities for data reuse

Enhancing care and influencing policy

Clinical psychologist Nicholas Grant collaborates with other disciplines to improve affirmative care for LGBTQ patients

Probing the power and importance of art

The Arts and Mind Lab at Boston College explores cognition in the arts—and the value of arts education

Conducting and communicating research

At Yale, Amanda Dettmer’s dual role includes studying stress in children and disseminating research findings to the public

By the numbers: Marketing health

Spending on medical marketing has increased in recent years—and mental health and addiction services constitute a small but rapidly growing share of those ads

The hot list

What's ahead at APA