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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
Although dealing with suicidal patients may appear to be more common among clinical, counseling, or school psychologists, all boarded psychologists have the potential to become involved with suicidal patients. Studies on patients’ experiences offer an additional perspective on the effectiveness of specific interventions and their acceptability to patients. This brief article reviews what suicidal patients … Read more
Over a century ago, Leta Hollingworth argued that the title of expert psychologist be restricted to those holding a doctorate (Hollingworth, 1918). It took the Second World War for Hollingworth’s proposal to be actualized. With the expert and savvy leadership of James Grier Miller as Chief of the Clinical Psychology section of the Veterans Administration … Read more
Pediatric psychologists are highly integrated in various health clinics (e.g. endocrinology, hematology, oncology, etc.) but rarely (to our knowledge) are pediatric psychologists available within orthopedic clinics. The purpose of this article is to highlight the contributions of pediatric psychologists to pediatric orthopedics across clinical, research, and educational domains. Pediatric orthopedists are devoted to the prevention, … Read more
“Have you heard of the U.S. Public Health Service?” This is a question I ask often in my professional life, although I already anticipate being met with a blank stare in response. I then follow up with a question that generally garners more of a reaction: “What about the Surgeon General of the United States?” … 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 Artificial Intelligence (AI) has emerged as a transformative force across various industries, revolutionizing the way tasks are performed and … Read more
The ABPP collaborated with the American Psychological Association’s Center for Workforce Studies on a Datapoint article, published in the March 2024 issue of the APA Monitor on Psychology. It provides a brief visual snapshot of the workforce distribution of board-certified specialists geographically and across specialty areas. It serves as an update to a previous Datapoint … Read more
These data, collected from ABPP’s 2022 annual attestation survey, describe the diversity of the ABPP specialist workforce across various dimensions, including demographic factors, work setting, degree type, timing of licensure and board certification, languages spoken, and religious identity. If you have been board certified for years, you are aware that ABPP periodically conducts a workforce … Read more
Over the past 2 years, ABPP has partnered with The Trust to engage in marketing/outreach to the many psychologists insured through their programs. The Trust is ABPP’s sole liability insurance partner. We recently renewed our partnership to continue our outreach efforts and to offer continuing education webinars to specialists and psychologists insured by The Trust. … Read more
Recently, the American Psychological Association Commission on Accreditation (COA) published for public comment its proposed language for revisions to Standards and Implementing Regulations regarding postdoctoral specialty training. The original language indicated that specialty areas and competencies would be defined by the COA. This proposal was met with concern by many parties in professional psychology that … Read more
