Distinguished professional contributions to public service: Edwin Shneidman.

Presents the citation, biography, and selected bibliography for Edwin Shneidman, one of the 1987 recipients of the American Psychological Association's Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Public Service. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Dante Cicchetti: Award for Distinguished Senior Career Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest.

Provides the biography of Dante Cicchetti and announces that he has received the APA Award for Distinguished Senior Career Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest (2004) for his seminal role in bridging theory, research, and practice by fostering the emergence and coalescence of the field of developmental psychopathology. A selected bibliography is also provided. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Cortney S. Warren: Psi Chi/APA Edwin B. Newman Graduate Research Award.

Provides the biography of Cortney S. Warren and announces that she has received the APA Psi Chi/APA Edwin B. Newman Graduate Research Award (2004) for an outstanding research paper whose findings examine the potential for ethnicity to protect against body image disturbance by moderating the relationships between awareness and internalization of a thin physical ideal and body dissatisfaction. A selected bibliography is also provided. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Anthony D. Wagner: Award for Distinguished Scientific Early Career Contributions to Psychology.

Presents the citation for Anthony D. Wagner, who received the Award for Distinguished Scientific Early Career Contributions to Psychology (cognition and human learning) "for outstanding and innovative research on the neural basis of memory and executive control." A brief profile and a selected bibliography accompany the citation. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Leopold Bellak.

Since 1979, Professional Awards have been presented to individual members of the Association whose distinguished contributions have served to advance psychology as a profession in the areas of knowledge, professional practice, and public service. In 1992, Leopold Bellak received the award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Knowledge. His professional career as psychologist, psychiatrist, and psychoanalyst encompassed seminal contributions to the fields of psychopathology, psychoanalysis, psychological testing, brief psychotherapy, and community mental health. The author of more than 200 publications, he is perhaps best known to psychologists for his work with the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) and the development of the Children's Apperception Test. A citation and biography are presented for Bellak, along with a selected bibliography of his work. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Marcia K. Johnson: 2006 Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions.

Presents the citation to Marcia K. Johnson, who received the Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions "for raising and illuminating fundamental questions about the cognitive and neural processes that constitute the subjective experience of mental life." A brief profile and a selected bibliography, as well as Johnson's award address, entitled Memory and Reality (see record 2006-21079-028), accompany the citation. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Independent or Institutional Practice in the Private Sector.

This award recognizes outstanding service delivery by a licensed psychologist who is primarily engaged in the practice of psychology in a private sector setting. The award is intended to recognize outstanding practitioners in psychology. In previous years, this award was called the Award for Distinguished Contributions to Applied Psychology as a Professional Practice. The name was changed in 2003 to better describe this award. Award winners from 1972-2005 are listed. This document includes the citation awarded to Edward A. Wise, winner of the 2005 APA Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Independent or Institutional Practice in the Private Sector. A brief biography and a selected bibliography of Wise accompany the citation. Also published here is an address, entitled Effectiveness of Intensive Outpatient Programming in Private Practice: Integrating Practice, Outcomes, and Business (see record 2005-14550-037), which was delivered by Wise at the 113th annual APA Convention. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

APA/APAGS Award for Distinguished Graduate Student in Professional Psychology.

The APA/APAGS Award for Distinguished Graduate Student in Professional Psychology is awarded on an annual basis by the Board of Professional Affairs (BPA) and the American Psychological Association of Graduate Students (APAGS) to a graduate student who has demonstrated outstanding practice and application of psychology. Award winners from 2002-2005 are listed. This document includes the citation awarded to Renée E. DeRouin, winner of the 2005 APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Applications of Psychology. A brief biography and a selected bibliography of the DeRouin accompany the citation. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Janet E. Helms: Award for Distinguished Contributions to Education and Training in Psychology.

Presents a citation for Janet E. Helms, who received the Award for Distinguished Contributions to Education and Training in Psychology "for her remarkable contribution to a conceptual and reiterative empirical base that has transformed the study of racism in our time." Accompanying the citation are a brief profile and a selected bibliography, as well as Helms' award address, entitled Fairness Is Not Validity or Cultural Bias in Racial-Group Assessment: A Quantitative Perspective (see record 2006-21079-024). (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Awards for distinguished professional contributions.

Recognizing the diversity of roles and activities in which many professional psychologists are engaged, beginning in 1979, Professional Awards have been presented to individual members of the American Psychological Association whose distinguished contributions have served to advance psychology as a profession in the areas of knowledge, professional practice, and public service. In 1991, recipients were as follows: for "Distinguished Professional Contributions to Knowledge," Joseph Matarazzo and Grant Dahlstrom; for "Distinguished Professional Contributions to Applied Psychology as a Professional Practice," Stanley Graham; and for "Distinguished Professional Contributions to Public Service," José Szapocznik and Oliva Espin. For each winner a citation, biography, and selected bibliography of their works are presented. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)