A Critical Thinker’s Views on ADHD and the DSM

May 2, 2012

The November/December issue of The National Psychologist carried an article by Dathan Paterno, Psy.D., called “A divergent view on... Read more...

UN Includes Mental Health in Major Declaration

November 14, 2011

A historic Summit took place at the September 2011 meeting of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) focusing on the prevention... Read more...

Privatization and Prison Psychologists

September 19, 2011

Should we privatize our prisons?” is a question more state governors are asking as the economy continues to bump along the bottom... Read more...

DeLeon Retiring as Senator’s Chief of Staff

September 19, 2011

The cluster of degrees behind his name shows that Patrick H. DeLeon, Ph.D., M.P.H., J.D., is no stranger to classrooms, and now that... Read more...

SPTAs Help Members Deal with Economic Uncertainty

March 16, 2011

Many members of state, provincial, and territorial psychological associations (SPTAs) are facing stressful times in the current economic... Read more...

Lawyers Wrangle for Top Billing in APA/APAPO Suit

February 18, 2011

Two coalitions of law firms are scrambling to recruit practicing psychologists as clients in suits against the American Psychological... Read more...

Jails are Nation’s Largest Institutions for Mentally Ill

November 1, 2010

Fifty years ago, America had about 600,000 state hospital beds for individuals suffering mental illnesses. Today, there are fewer than... Read more...

Psychological testing: a look back; a look ahead

September 1, 2010

I wrote my first psychological test report while in training, in the early 1970s. In those years, there was a more or less standard... Read more...

Florida approves RxP certification

September 1, 2010

The Florida Board of Psychology in July approved the American Board of Medical Psychology (ABMP) to certify properly trained psychologists... Read more...

Online squabble opens eyes – APA’s practice assessment not mandatory

July 1, 2010

A flap on listservs of the APA that stretched from late March into early May revealed – to the surprise of many – that the... Read more...

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