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Bulletin of the Psychologists in Independent Practice

A Division of the American Psychological Association

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Volume 21 Number 3

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Editorial

President’s Message/Judith Steward

From the Editor/Michael Brickey

Advocacy

The 2001 State Leadership Conference - Exciting Times/Pat DeLeon

Washington Update: Psychology Renaissance?/Ron Levant

African Americans and the Independent Practice of Psychotherapy: Factors Affecting Access to Clinical Services/Frances K Trotman, Beverly Greene, and Arthur Pressley

Psychologists and Unions: An Update/Jospeh S. Bak

The Future of Psychology: Is the Cup Half Full or Half Empty?/Laura Barbanel

The Mental Health System of Paris (a World Cities conference report)/Marianne Jackson

Pride in Psychotherapy/Stanley Moldawsky

Ask the Patient Advocate: Managed Care and Insurance Q&A/Gordon Ivan Miller, Russ Holstein, and Gordon Herz for the Interdivisional (29/39/42) Task Force on Managed Care and Health Care Policy

Marketing

Psychologists Can Help Deal With School Violence: A Model Letter and Talking Points/Division 42 Public Relations and Public Education Committee

Helping People Age Well: A New Niche Market/Michael Brickey

Consider this Niche: Working with Foster Parents and Foster Children/Daniel L. McIvor and George “Mac” McClelland

Psychologists as Doctors in Primary Care Settings/Jack G. Wiggins

Continuing Education

Psychopharmacology: 4+1=5: Atypical Neuroleptic Update/Dan Egli

Exercise as a Therapeutic Modality: Adapting Psychological Treatments to Holistic Science and 21st Century Consumerism/Lori Huett

Mentor's Corner

Student/Young Professional Inquires On:
Internships with private practitioners; Accepting gifts; Importance of an accredited internship and preinternship research experience/Jeffrey Barnett and Michael Murphy

Book Reviews

Saying Goodbye to Managed Care by Sandra Haber, Elaine Rodino, and Iris Lipner/Reviewed by Stan Moldawsky

What Do You Want to Do When You Grow Up? Starting the Next Chapter of Your Life by Dorothy Cantor with Andrea Thompson/Reviewed by Norine G. Johnson, Ph.D.

When Chicken Soup Isn’t Enough by Bradley P. Barris/Reviewed by Daniel McIvor

Division News and Notes

Report From The Committee on Ethnic Diversity in Private Practice/G. Rita Dudley-Grant, Chair and Janis Sanchez-Hucles, Co-chair

State Linkage Task Force/Robert L. Wernick, PhD, Chair

Board of Professional Affairs: Division 42 Liaison Report/Michael Murphy

Speaking of Membership/Lou Perrott, Membership Chair

Awards

On the Lighter Side

New York State Bans Psychoanalysis/Martin H. Williams