October 2025 Monitor on Psychology hero

Monitor on Psychology

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Features

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Technology is transforming youth friendships

Many teens are turning to AI chatbots for friendship and emotional support
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Integrated care is proving its worth

What to know about integrated care and the remaining barriers to implementing it

CE Corner

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New guidelines for psychology’s role in pediatric-to-adult health care transitions

How psychologists can make the transfer safer and more successful for youth with chronic conditions

News

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Psychology researchers look abroad amid U.S. funding cuts

Science and academia cuts force researchers and students to rethink how, what, and where they study and work
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Postvention: An important tool for preventing suicide contagion

How schools, universities, the military, and others are taking proactive steps to prevent suicide clusters
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How to cope when loved ones are in conflict zones

Psychologists share advice for people with loved ones living in dangerous regions
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Understanding state limits on professional speech

The U.S. Supreme Court is considering when to regulate professional speech under the First Amendment and whether counseling is “conduct” or “speech”

Career

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How to integrate walking therapy into your practice

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Psychologists are finding more ways to use virtual reality in therapy

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From the president

Practicing gratitude during difficult times

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Update from the CEO

Deepening our commitment to fostering global relationships

Research

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In brief

Morals and happiness, implicit bias, AI and creativity, and more science

Summaries of research from psychology and related fields
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Datapoint

How outreach to community colleges strengthens pathways to research

About a third of psychology doctorate recipients started in community college
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By the numbers

Young adults feel less comfortable talking about mental health issues

More than half have withheld information from friends or health care providers

People

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NASA’s Suzanne Bell enables elite teams to thrive in space

Organizational psychologist helps crews perform in extreme environments
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Psychologists in the news

Recent appointments, grants, and awards

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Date created: October 2025

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