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July/August 2002 | Monitor on Psychology

Vol. 33 No. 7

On the Cover: Self-Care

If you do just one thing, make it exercise
Psychologists' research and clinical experience show the critical importance of weaving exercise into your life.
Do you need to lose weight?
What is your Body Mass Index?
Don't think thin, think realistic
Losing just a few pounds significantly reduces risks to your health--and you can do it by making small lifestyle changes.
Life-saving changes
A psychologist learns his lesson after a close call.
Get the massage!
Massage therapy can lower your blood pressure, slow your heart rate and boost your immunity.
Finding the peace within us
Meditation works the same curative power on healers as it does on their patients.
Making work your family's ally
It's not job vs. family: Work and family can benefit each other, psychological research shows.
Sound body, strong researcher
Start with self-care, and the rest will come, a mentor advises his students.
Normalizing practitioners' stress
More psychologists recognize that self-care helps them be better caregivers.

SCIENCE WATCH

Food for thought

In research that underscores how the brain adapts to the environment, psychologists find that brain regions for spatial memory are bigger and denser in chickadees that live in harsher climates.

IN BRIEF

ETHICS ROUNDS

Reporting past abuse, Part II

Experts weigh in on the ethical dilemma posed in the May Monitor.

Features

APA co-sponsors mental health parity rally at the Capitol

Psychology honors a strong supporter in Congress

Research on 9/11: Study finds that tragedy continues to have psychological Impact

Experts testify on the importance of stress management in fighting heart disease

APA staffer testifies in support of increase for NICHD

Psychologist urges lawmakers to strengthen programs that curb binge drinking on college campuses

Psychologists advocate for school-based research

Behavioral scientists brief Capitol Hill on disaster-response research

Study ranks the top 20th century psychologists

For Atkinson, there's no backing off

Richard Atkinson will be honored with this year's APA Award for Outstanding Lifetime Contributions to Psychology.

Douglas A. Bernstein honored for teaching excellence

APF honors the life achievement of eminent psychologists

Re-igniting your spark

Finding a solution for missing data

New ways to analyze research to account for missing data could significantly change research results in the next 10 years.

Conditioned to addiction?

A study finds that people will start taking a drug when it's paired with money, even if they've previously shunned the drug. The finding may help explain why some people initiate drug use.

Making a difference to education: Will psychology pass up the chance?

What psych majors need to know

APA's Board of Educational Affairs has endorsed learning goals and outcomes for the psychology major.

PSYCHOLOGY AROUND THE WORLD

When the world comes to America, psychologists are increasingly there to help.

No time for retirement

Psychologist Jerry Gordon has spawned a new, even more gratifying career through his volunteer work.

Positivity pays off for winners of psychology's top monetary prize

Winners of this year's Templeton Positive Psychology Awards examine the merits of optimism, happiness, goal-setting and resilience.