2 More States Seek to Ban Conversion Therapy

March 11, 2013

State legislatures in New Jersey and Massachusetts are considering banning conversion therapy for minors while a federal court decides... Read more...

An Ethical Prohibition that Isn’t — And Never Really Was

March 11, 2013

A decade after the 2002 APA Ethics Code and the HIPAA Privacy Rule should have settled the matter many psychologists continue to believe... Read more...

The Carousel of Violence in Society

March 11, 2013

In December the violence involved semi-automatic weapons and a score of dead elementary school children. There were also dead teachers,... Read more...

Psych-Oncology Much Needed in India

March 11, 2013

The Big C. In India, this is synonymous with death, at least as far as general perception goes. And this fear is so entrenched in the... Read more...

Documenting Client Claims of Sexual Abuse

January 14, 2013

With the cases from the Penn State football sexual abuse scandal continuing to grow, we will soon see an explosion of unrelated cases... Read more...

What Malpractice Insurance Isn’t

January 14, 2013

A brief discussion with psychologists at any risk management seminar quickly reveals that few of them have ever read their malpractice... Read more...

Petition Seeks to Dump DSM and Adopt ICD

September 12, 2012

The National Alliance of Professional Psychology Providers (NAPPP) has launched a petition drive encouraging psychologists... Read more...

Gifts in Therapy: Some are Appropriate

September 12, 2012

Giving a gift is an ancient and universal way to express gratitude, appreciation, altru- ism and love. Appropriate gifts in therapy... Read more...

Revised National Plan on Alzheimer’s Released

July 23, 2012

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under the Obama administration released the first national plan to... Read more...

World Health Assembly Passes Action Plan Resolution for Mental Health

July 23, 2012

On May 22, the World Health Assembly unanimously passed a landmark resolution, EB130.R8, to develop a comprehensive action plan covering... Read more...