Psychologists as faculty developers.

Describes the methods, problems, and prospects of faculty development, beginning with a review of how the field has broadened to demand planned interventions and measureable results, and depicts psychologists from varied orientations (e.g., organizational psychology) as prepared to make strong contributions to the survival and success of their colleagues on campus. Gives advice for starting faculty development programs (e.g., visits to faculty members' offices), for coping with campus politics (e.g., territoriality), for recruiting the neediest faculty participants (e.g., as research subjects), and for evaluating program effectiveness (e.g., by conducting projects as simple experiments). Finishes with arguments about why psychologists are ideally suited for the role of faculty developer (e.g., assessment and intervention skills). (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Psychologists as law professors.

Changes in jurisprudential theory have led to changes in the nature of legal education and scholarship. These changes, in turn, have opened the door to psychologists in law schools. The traditions of law schools differ substantially from those of social science departments. In the light of these differences, the authors, themselves members of law faculties, explore potential contributions of psychologists to legal education and scholarship. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Psychologists as expert witnesses-new law in Maryland.

The psychologists in the state of Maryland, supported by legislators, state senators, and state delegates, have obtained legislation that brings Maryland into accord with the majority of states on the question of psychologists as expert witnesses. That legislation permits a psychologist, when shown to have proper qualifications, to express an expert opinion on ultimate issues before a court of law. The legislation substantially benefits patients because it permits them to utilize a psychologist's services, if necessary, and thus avoid the need to request the services of another doctor or expert. The leading case of Jenkins v. U.S., 307 F.2d 637, 113 U.S. App. D.C. 300 (1962) from D.C. states the majority position that a psychologist, when properly qualified, can testify as to an ultimate issue. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Flying Psychologists.

Asks whether there might be a group of flying psychologists that would be interested in forming an association, formal or informal, and whether the APA has a list of psychologists who are pilots. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Subdoctoral Psychologists.

Comments on P. J. Woods' article on APA's concern with the Master's degree in psychology (American Psychologist, 1971, 26, 696-707). The present author suggests that before many more hours are expended in deciding whether subdoctoral psychologists should be called psychologists, the assumption that clinical practitioners holding a doctorate in psychology are better equipped than those trained at the master's level should be demonstrated. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Psychologists as Legislators: Results of the 2004 Elections.

The election results of 2004 were favorable for psychologist legislators. All of the incumbent psychologist members of Congress and state legislatures who were running for office won reelection. The retirement of 2 veteran state legislators was offset by 2 newly elected psychologists. As a group, these legislators continue to sponsor bills and pass laws that have a strong focus on mental health and human services. This reflects well the contributions that a background in psychology can offer to the formation of enlightened public policy. While this career path is not one that most psychologists will pursue, there are other avenues for participation in the political process that are readily available, including membership in the Association for the Advancement of Psychology. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Psychologists as legislators: Results of the 2002 elections.

The elections of 2002 saw a record number of psychologists run for, and win election to, state and federal offices. The steady increase in the number of psychologists in the U.S. Congress and in state legislatures continues a positive evolution in the political maturation of the profession. This trend benefits society by facilitating the development of public policy from a psychologically informed perspective. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Psychologists as legislators: Results of the 1998 elections.

The November 1998 elections saw a significant increase in the number of psychologists elected to the U.S. Congress and to state legislatures. These psychologists bring health care expertise to their positions as legislators, which enhances their contributions to public policy. They are playing key roles in sponsoring health care reforms such as patient protection legislation and mental health parity. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Psychologists as legislators: Results of the 2006 elections.

Psychologists elected to legislative office have tended to specialize in health care issues, bringing the profession's unique perspective to better inform debates. Following the 2006 elections, their numbers will fall to 3 in Congress and 14 in state legislatures. This loss, however, is overshadowed by the election of psychologist Ted Strickland as governor of Ohio. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Psychologists as legislators: Results of the 2000 elections.

The elections of November 2000 saw the reelection of 2 psychologists to Congress, boding well for their continuing positive influence on national mental health and health policy. A recent example of this positive influence includes successful legislation creating mental health courts as a humane alternative to the criminalization of mental illness. In addition, 8 psychologist legislators were reelected to state legislatures, and 2 psychologists were newly elected to state legislatures, ensuring similar championing of mental health priorities in many Statehouses. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Obligation of Psychologists.

Contends that while Brayfield's paper (American Psychologist, 1967, 22, 182-186) was a most commendable effort, its emphasis was solely on the role of organized psychology in public affairs. The present author feels that beyond the role of organized psychology, psychologist members of society have a further obligation: to contribute to social, national, and world affairs by helping to resolve critical and major problems. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Certification of Psychologists.

Borgatta (American Psychologist, 1959, 14, 296-297) has correctly noted that psychologists cannot consult for a fee, even though the consultation may be with a firm or agency rather than with individuals. Two considerations were involved in our adoption of this policy. The first was that of public welfare. Recent cases reported to the APA ethics committee indicate that the small industrial firm may be as much at the mercy of the charlatan as is the individual layman. This, added to the difficulty of differentiating between various forms of consultation, convinced us that it was neither desirable nor practical to attempt to control the use of the title in certain kinds of consulting without controlling it in others. APA has adopted its present policies only after states have accumulated experience with several kinds of legislation, including the permissive certification Borgatta advocates. On the basis of this experience we believe certification of the general title achieves the maximum protection of the public consonant with noninfringement upon other professional groups. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Confidential communications of psychotherapists.

Examined laws in the 50 states of the US and the District of Columbia that pertain to the protection and limitations to confidentiality outside of the courtroom. It was found that many state laws do not address a variety of issues relevant to psychotherapist confidentiality, and where they do, the positions taken are often inconsistent across jurisdictions. A comparison of the laws with concerns expressed by psychotherapists and legal scholars disclosed numerous incongruencies on a variety of issues. It is concluded that the American Psychological Association should develop a policy for each issue raised that best reflects the values of the profession. (82 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Training of Psychologists.

Suggests that psychologists concerned about the training of psychologists generate some testable hypotheses about the effects of different kinds of training, match or otherwise control variation in graduate departments at student and staff levels, and start treating each graduate school as the experimental group it should be in the field. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

MA Psychologists Speak.

Comments on the recent joint report of the APA and CSPA committees on legislation. The committees recommend, among other things, that the title "psychologist" be reserved for the PhD alone. The author does not believe that the PhD training is either so relevant or so crucial that the non-PhD should be excluded from the opportunity to compete on an equal level (i.e., in a position as a "psychologist"). PhD training is too varied and inconsistent from institution to institution to consider it to be the "key" to the understanding of human behavior. It is argued that the proposed legislation is based on the unwarranted assumption that a "good psychologist" is a person with a PhD degree in psychology. The author makes his own suggestions for inclusion of MA level psychologists. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Psychologists and cartoonists.

"To assess one component of the public image of the psychologist… the present writers have theorized that a content or thematic analysis of cartoons might be relevant." An analysis of 4760 cartoons contained in 6 popular magazines for the years 1949 and 1959 led to the conclusions that: (a) considerable overlap in public image does occur between psychologists, psychiatrists, and other psychologically oriented personnel; (b) psychology as a science and as a profession does not appear to excite the public imagination and generate public interest; (c) psychology has kept pace with members of various other professions and occupations; (d) the psychologist does not seem to have any distinctive identifying symbol which he can easily claim as his own. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Let's Be Psychologists.

In the February, 1956 "American Psychologist" three viewpoints were expressed concerning the relationships between psychology and psychiatry. That something should be done is well agreed upon by most psychologists; however, I have the uneasy feeling that there is a lack of agreement as to how we should bear arms for the common cause. The psychologist prides himself in being able to observe events in an objective fashion. My proposition is this: let's be psychologists. Instead of talking about the hypothesized issues, let us investigate (observe, measure, test) the issues. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Psychologists in Federal service as of June 30, 1953.

A table is presented indicating the number of psychologists in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Public Health Service, and Veterans Administration. The gross number is further specified in terms of kinds of degrees possessed, APA membership, diplomate status, and rank. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Training in Psychotherapy for Psychologists: Recommendations of Clinical Psychologists.

This article discusses the current debate on the subject of psychotherapy training for psychologists and how it tends to concern itself with rather broad philosophical issues and matters of role definition. As part of a larger study, data not previously reported were derived from three questions which asked for opinions about ideal patterns of psychotherapy training for psychologists. This brief report suggests the desirability of careful stratification of the group of clinical psychologists in future opinion sampling and when policy recommendations are being developed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)