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Monitor on Psychology

Cover story

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Features

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Rebuilding a full life after religion

How psychologists help people create a new sense of meaning
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The psychological toll of sickle cell disease

Helping patients live with the disease

CE Corner

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Recommendations for treating chronic musculoskeletal pain

Clinical practice guideline highlights psychological and behavioral therapies

News

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Federal workers and the uncertainty of a chaotic work environment

Psychologists offer strategies for managing burnout, poor morale, and job insecurity
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The changing marijuana landscape

Separating fact from fiction as cannabis products become more potent and use increases
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Understanding anticipatory anxiety during key life transitions

Create and reinforce healthy patterns of thinking for coping with fears of uncertainty
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Does pretrial publicity overly bias the prospective jury pool?

How to prevent extensive media coverage from impairing a defendant’s right to a fair trial

Career

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Protecting patients after a therapist’s illness or death

At APA

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Hot List

Supporting science, healthy teen video viewing guide

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From the president

How to cultivate hope in uncertain times

APA members advocate at the U.S. Capitol.
Update from the CEO

How APA is responding to the policy landscape

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Conversation

Jiaying Zhao helps people enjoy protecting the planet

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People

Psychologists in the news

Research

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In brief

Exercise, active learning, leader qualities, and more research

Summaries of research from psychology and related fields
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Datapoint

Graduate psychology programs rely less on standardized tests

Many master’s and doctoral programs are dropping GRE requirements for admission
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By the numbers

Will artificial intelligence harm future jobs?

More than half of U.S. workers worry about how AI will affect them

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