Dear Division 42 Colleagues and Friends,

Well, the APA Convention is over and Division 42 had a great program. If you couldn’t be there and would like a copy of our new Handbook for Success in Independent Practice you may order a copy from the Jeannie Beeaff at our central office at jbeeaff@cox.net . The cost is just $10 to cover shipping for Division 42 members. For nonmembers the cost is $42.

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A recently updated list of the most commonly prescribed 100 psych drugs with information about their Trade and generic names, dosages, and both FDA-approved and "Off-label" uses is available for download at www.PsychMeds.info . Click on the Free Downloads to view this pdf file of two pages. This list will be revised by Division 42 members Ed Zuckerman and Dan Egli approximately every three months as a gift to colleagues.

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Division 42 member, Pauline Wallin, shares the following information about therapeutic writing: There is much research on the therapeutic value of writing. Check out James Pennebaker's website:

http://homepage.psy.utexas.edu/homepage/faculty/pennebaker/Home2000/JWPhome.htm

Here is the tiny URL for the same website: http://tinyurl.com/d3bh6

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Division 42’s Board of Directors will be holding its midwinter Board meeting in conjunction with the Expert Summit on Immigration. For more information about it and to register visit the website at http://www.reisman-white.com/ . The website contains an overview of the conference, some information on the plenary keynote speakers, a conference registration page as well as a link to the host hotel. It will be updated periodically as we get more programming information, so save this link.

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Division 42 member, Rodney Timbrook, shares the following information about www.therapyadvisor.org. This site was built over the past 2 years with grants from NIMH. It features empirically supported treatments (psychosocial) for all disorders that APA considers to be "probably efficacious" or "well established". The treatment summaries (approximately 40 disorders are covered) were written by experts, many of whom developed the treatments. Adults, children, geriatric, substance disorders and health related disorders are covered. In addition, there is extensive information for consumers. The site is actually divided into a practitioner area and a consumer area. All information is available in English and Spanish. CE credit is being offered to psychologists using the site.

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A colleague recently asked about what to tell children when a family member commits suicide. Below are several links that may prove useful:

http://www.suicideinfo.ca/csp/assets/alert22.pdf

http://nalag.org.au:8091/pubs/Supporting_Children_After_Suicide_Booklet.pdf

http://www.survivingsuicide.com/children.htm

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Our colleague, Bob Karman, sends along the following website with information and resources covering some of the basic software and services out there to deal with spam and other forms of e-mail abuse: http://www.emailabuse.com.

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Don’t forget to vote in the upcoming election for APA President. Division 42’s own Katherine Nordal, Ph.D. is our #1 ranked candidate. Visit her website at www.drnordal.com to learn more about her many qualifications. Please be sure to vote in this election and please be sure to vote #1 for Katherine Nordal. Who the President of APA is really does make a difference.

Vote for Katherine Nordal #1 for APA President

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Division 42's internet editor, Gordon Herz, has made arrangements for Division 42 members to have free and unlimited access to an online practice outcome measurement system via the Division 42 website, in collaboration with CarePaths, Inc. CarePaths offers a suite of behavioral health products including a Behavioral Electronic Medical Record or EMR, an Outcomes and Assessment Center, and a Behavioral Primary Care system, that support the work of clinicians, treatment systems and researchers. A number of psychometrically sound and well researched instruments will be available at no cost to Division 42 members through Care Paths Online Assessment Center, which also provides summary reports so that clinicians can aggregate their results for quality improvement and research purposes. The system will be available via the Division 42 website shortly. Watch for further announcements!

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Division 42’s Marketing and Public Education Committee has produced a new brochure for our members to help you to be more successful in your practice. Written by Jana Martin with assistance from the Committee’s members this brochure, Going Public With Your Private Practice: Using Public Education Materials to Enhance Your Practice, will assist you to utilize APA’s Public Education Campaign materials to market your practice. Members have done this with great success. This valuable Division 42 member benefit will be sent to all Division 42 members this fall. Please watch for it in the mail.

Best wishes to all –

Jeff

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Page update: February 18, 2006