Contents
Researchers are discovering
potential links between
chemicals in common
household items and damage
to developing brains.
62
Equal health rights for all
Psychologist Brigitte Khoury is changing the way
LGBT people in Lebanon see themselves, and how
others perceive and treat them in the health-care
system and beyond.
Council takes action on diverse priorities
In addition to banning psychologist participation
in national security interrogations (see September
Monitor), APA’s Council of Representatives
adopted as APA policy a resolution on violent
video games and also adopted guidelines
for practice with transgender and gender
nonconforming people.
Working for kids in Iraq
A former APA Congressional Fellow is helping to
reform the educational system for Iraq’s Kurds.
14Share and share alike Data sharing promotes transparency
and openness in science. But there are
challenges to doing it fairly and ethically.
A reproducibility crisis?
The headlines were hard to miss:
Psychology, they proclaimed, is in crisis.
Hello? Anyone out there?
If intelligent extraterrestrial life exists,
psychologist Douglas Vakoch may design
humanity’s introductory message.
36
2239
44
Chemical threats
ant
o
ni
osca
rp
i/
iSto
ck
32
YOUTUBE LOGO SPECS
PRINT on light backgrounds
standard
no gradients
watermark
stacked logo (for sharing only)
white
WHITE
C0 M0 Y0 K0
