Help yourself. Help your profession. Katherine Nordal #1. Vote.

Please visit Katherine’s website at www.DrNordal.com. Please be sure to vote in the election and please be sure to give Katherine your #1 vote.

Division 42 has an outstanding program scheduled for you at the upcoming APA Convention, August 18-21, in Washington, DC. See the Division 42 Convention Program to include Preconvention Workshops, our Hospitality Suite Program, our Presidential Mini-Convention on Independent Practice Throughout the Careerspan, and our outstanding overall convention program at www.division42.org. Don’t miss our Membership Appreciation Meeting. All members in attendance will receive their complementary copies of our new “Handbook for Success in Independent Practice” and our new book “Surviving a Licensing Board Complaint.” Don’t miss out on these two important member benefits.

For your possible interest from Division 42 Internet Editor, Gordon Herz:

MedlinePlus: Mental Health

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/mentalhealth.html

MedLinePlus is a joint collaboration between the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health which has received strong marks during the past few years for providing high-quality health-related materials to the Web-browsing public. This particular area of the MedLinePlus site is devoted to providing materials about mental health. Here visitors can learn about various related topics by browsing through the top-level sections that include Alternative Therapy, Coping, and Nutrition. Within each area, visitors will be directed to links provided by a host of sources, including the Mayo Foundation, the Surgeon General, the American Psychiatric Association, and a number of other reputable institutions. The News section is also a fine way to keep abreast of recent developments in the field of mental health, as it culls news releases from some of the major international press agencies.

The American Psychiatric Association has opened a new consumer-oriented web site. You can visit it at http://www.healthyminds.org.

A comprehensive, interactive website entirely devoted to the integration of primary care and behavioral health services can be founds at www.behavioral-health-integration.com.

For updates on recently released research results from APA visit: http://www.psycport.com/.

Division 42 member Andrew Ursino shares the following resources: the "Practice Parameters for the Assessment and Treatment of Children and Adolescents with Bipolar Disorder" of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry may be found at http://www.aacap.org/clinical/parameters/fulltext/Bipolar.doc.   Also see the resources link at http://www.bpkids.com.  For diagnostic scales and instruments, see http://www.manicdepressive.org/ (Massachusetts General Hospital Bipolar Clinic & Research Program).

Visit the APA Practice Organization’s web portal at www.APApractice.org for articles on the New National Provider Identifier, legal issues on duty to warn and duty to protect statutes, tips for keeping your computer running smoothly, and suggestions for the effective marketing of your practice.

The Karl F. Heiser Presidential Award for Advocacy is presented annually by the APA President to those psychologists who have given voluntarily of their time to define the discipline of psychology statutorily by state and federal laws through advocacy.  It recognizes the important legislative advocacy work done by psychologists in states, provinces, and territories that help to shape and advance our profession.  The award is coordinated and administered annually by Division 31 past president, Jeff Barnett, Psy.D., on behalf of Division 31. 
 
The 2005 Heiser Award winners are:
 
Ann Carson, Ph.D.
Mark Hogue, Ph.D.
Paul Kettlewell, Ph.D.
Maria Lifrak, Ph.D.
Patricia Watson, Ph.D.
 
Additionally, several of the psychologists selected in 2004 were not able to be present to receive their awards last year in Hawaii.  Those who will receive their award this year in Washington, DC are:
 
Faith Kindler Kaplan, Ph.D.
Robert D. Younger, Ph.D.
 
 The Heiser Award Ceremony will be held on Thursday, August 18, 2005 from 1:00pm - 1:50pm in the Renaissance Washington DC Hotel, Meeting Room 5.  All members are encouraged to attend as we recognize these outstanding practitioner colleagues for their significant contributions. Please join us in congratulating these colleagues on their accomplishments and achievements.

I hope to see as many of you as possible at the APA Convention. Best wishes to all –

Jeff
Jeff Barnett, Psy.D.
Division 42 President
drjbarnett1@comcast.net