On Board
with Professional Psychology
Issue 3
Ethics Corner
Ethical Considerations in the Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Psychological Practice
The Ethics Corner is a regular publication of the ABPP Ethics Committee, featuring clinical vignettes, ethical situations and dilemmas, and coverage of relevant ethical issues which arise in clinical and forensic settings. The ABPP Ethics...
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Early Career Specialists
Meet Alana Atchison, PsyD, ABPP, a board-certified Clinical Psychologist and recipient of ABPP’s 2024 Early Career Psychologist Service Award.
Specialists in the Public Service
Meet Carrie Kennedy, PhD, ABPP, an Aerospace Neuropsychologist at the Naval Aerospace Medical Institute.
News
ABPP Renews Partnership with The Trust
Over the past 2 years, ABPP has partnered with The Trust to engage in marketing/outreach...
APA Commission on Accreditation Accepts Specialty Training Input
Recently, the American Psychological Association Commission on Accreditation (COA) published for public comment its proposed...
Introducing the ABPP Artificial Intelligence Task Force
This new ABPP initiative will explore the intersection of psychology and artificial intelligence, and develop practical tools for specialists navigating this technology. Introduction The rapid advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has permeated nearly every facet...
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Examining the ABPP Specialist Workforce: Results from the 2022 ABPP Workforce Survey
These data, collected from ABPP’s 2022 annual attestation survey, describe the diversity of the ABPP specialist workforce across various dimensions, including...
Mapping the ABPP Specialist Workforce
The ABPP collaborated with the American Psychological Association’s Center for Workforce Studies on a Datapoint article, published in the March 2024...
Articles
- Rania Elamin, Sara Pollard
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...
- Rhondie Tait
“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...
- Emily B. Gale, Whitney M. Herge
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...
- Jason J. Washburn
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...
- Samuel Knapp
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...
- Kelly Gilrain, Ana Bullock
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)...
- Thomas J. Guilmette, Leigh D. Hagan, Eric Y. Drogin
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,...
- Timothy K. Daugherty, Patrick Sullivan
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...
- Noriel E. Lim, Marianne Celano
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...
- Ashlee McCarg, Ronald Levant
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...
- Robert Graziano
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...
- Heath J. Hodges, Natalie E. Armstrong, Dana L. Formon, Benjamin J. Silber
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...
- David Tarr
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,...
- Christina M. Rowan
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...
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Congratulations to newly-boarded specialists who completed their oral exams during 2024 thus far!
Thank you to our Reviewers!
The editorial team of On Board with Professional Psychology (OBPP) wishes to thank the specialists who have graciously dedicated their time and expertise to reviewing content for this publication. The OBPP editorial team, ABPP Communications Committee, and content authors extend gratitude to the Reviewers’ for their time and dedication to promoting high-quality, relevant content for Specialists published in OBPP.
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Editorial Team | ABPP Communications Committee
On Board with Professional Psychology
American Board of Professional Psychology
The Board of Trustees of the American Board of Professional Psychology attended the annual mid-year meeting in Chapel Hill, North Carolina on June 21-22, 2024.
Call for Papers
On Board with Professional Psychology is requesting brief articles for our next issue, to be published in October 2024.
The American Board of Professional Psychology Foundation is pleased to announce the recipients of our 2024 scholarships.
