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VOL. 17, NO. 1 ::: JANUARY/FEBRUARY, 2008

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Virtual reality lets returning combatants relive life and death situations

VR Iraq is a virtual reality program to help in the treatment of war induced PTSD and leads off our four page section on psychology in the military.
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eBay no longer restricting sale of psychology tests

A sudden and surprising announcement by eBay, which said it will no longer restrict the sale of psychological tests on its auction sites and that in the future publishers would have to prove that the sale of these test can cause harm, could very well change how publishers assure their tests are safe and secure.
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Brain stimulator’s effects highly praised

Can an electronic gadget no larger than a pocket-sized tape recorder treat many cases of chronic pain, anxiety, depression or insomnia as effectively as drugs?
Its manufacturer and a major distributor of the brain stimulating Alpha-Stim 100 make that claim, and an Ohio psychologist with clinical experience both in private practice and as a veteran of two tours in Iraq as an Army Reserve psychologist agrees with them.
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I/O and consulting psychologists also may lose exemptions
School psychologists fight to keep title

By James Bradshaw
Senior Editor
A proposal to eliminate the 30-year-old doctoral exemption for school psychologists in the APA Model Licensure Act (MLA) has triggered a heated outpouring of letters from school psychologists adamant that they should retain the right to call themselves psychologists with or without doctoral degrees.
Susan Gorin, executive director of the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP), said more than 10,000 members have written APA in opposition to removing the exemption.

Community volunteers earn psychotherapy hours in VIP program

By Richard Shulman, Ph.D.
You’re a psychologist providing psychotherapy in private practice.
Depending on your perspective, you might be eager to provide therapy that is...

The smoking patient: Should we intervene?

By Garland Y. DeNelsky, Ph.D.
As the session ended, the psychologist and the patient rose simultaneously and started moving toward the door.
With one smooth motion, the patient reached into her purse, retrieved a package of cigarettes and took one out.

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