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Congratulations to newly-boarded specialists who completed their oral exams during 2024 thus far! Newly Boarded Specialists 2024 Newly Boarded Subspecialists 2024 The American Board of Addiction Psychology and the American Board of Serious Mental Illness Psychology are provisionally-approved boards seeking full ABPP affiliation. In that process, the following have successfully passed the examination during 2024.
When you consider your charitable contributions during the 2024 year, please consider giving to the American Board of Professional Psychology Foundation. Your gift will benefit the Foundation’s efforts to offer scholarships and grants to help cover the costs of board certification for qualified psychologists and to help make a difference in people’s lives. Donate online … Read more
Physicians: A Surprisingly Vulnerable Population In the last year, most of us have had an encounter with our medical doctor. In the patient role, many of us maintain the image of physicians as a robust group, untouched by basic life stressors. However, data suggest that this perception is inaccurate. According to a recent survey of … Read more
The methods of treatment for psychological disorders have typically drawn on research literature and theory generated by Pavlov, Thorndyke, Skinner and others. In the aggregate, both classical conditioning and operant conditioning models have been employed to reduce anxiety, eliminate phobias, lessen depression and improve self-control. Applications of these methods became common in domains very different … Read more
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
It is no secret that access to mental health services in the United States remains a challenge. The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) reports that almost half of adults in the United States dealing with mental illness do not receive care, with the lack of access to mental health providers being a major contributing … Read more
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
The title of this essay is an adapted line from an E. E. Cummings poem, since feeling is first (1926): “who pays any attention to the syntax of things will never wholly kiss you.” We argue for the power and necessity of the individual frame in higher education and for the role of specialists in … Read more
The most common method of describing performance test scores in clinical and forensic reports is by qualitative descriptors (e.g., average, normal, above average, impaired) (Guilmette, Hagan, & Giuliano, 2008). However, as any graduate student in applied psychology can confirm, different assessment supervisors often apply different qualitative labels to the same test scores. This can create … Read more
