The present year, 2024, is an election year in the U. S., and inflation is currently one of the key issues for voters. Inflation puts added stress on American households, many of which require two incomes to cover their expenses, a trend that has existed for over half a century. There are significant implications for … Read more
Social media (SM) use (see footnote) by children and youth is widespread. Up to 95% of teens and 40% of children 8 to 12 report using SM. Questions and concerns about the impact of SM on youth spurred the APA and the U.S. Surgeon General’s Office to release advisory reports last year (see links), followed … Read more
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This article is part of a Special Section of On Board with Professional Psychology that focuses on the intersection of professional psychology and Artificial Intelligence (AI). Learn more about ABPP’s Artificial Intelligence Taskforce in this issue. Current Uses of AI in Forensic Practice Artificial intelligence (AI) is a term with multiple definitions, although is generally … Read more
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Introduction Traditionally, psychologists’ clinical scope of care across all settings is defined by assessment and psychotherapy. While we have access to Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes for mental health billing, by and large, our reimbursement is only for face-to-face clinical work. In addition to direct patient care, many psychologists engage in activities that support the … Read more
Introduction Psychologists operate within a complex array of intersecting demands from structural barriers imposed by a health care system that overlaps with ethnoracial, ethical, personal, and poverty-related factors. Poverty functions as a persistent economic experience of exclusion from access to resources required to reach the capacity to achieve a minimum quality measure of living. A … Read more
The inclusion of Substance-Related and Other Addictive Disorders to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-5th ed. (DSM-5; American Psychiatric Association, 2013) signifies an enormous shift in the way mental health professionals conceptualize addictive disorders. For the first time in history, the term addiction is used as a formal diagnostic label in the DSM. … Read more
What does it mean to be an SMI Psychologist? SMI psychologists apply specialized individual, societal, and systems level assessment and intervention methods to assist those diagnosed with SMI and severe emotional disturbance (SED) recover and attain their full functional capability. Throughout your Curriculum Vita, Application and Practice Sample materials, it is essential that you specify … Read more