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Foundation amerIcan PsychologIcal lopez earns counseling prize Frederick G. Lopez, PhD, has won the 2011 APF/Div. 17 Counseling Psychology grant, a $2,000 award. Lopez will use the funds to further his applied research on attachment security among older adults: how connected older Lopez adults feel to the friends and family members they depend on for care and assistance. Lopez, a professor in the counseling psychology program at the University of Houston, will use the grant to create a Late Adult Attachment Scale that clinicians can use to assess attachment security in their older adult clients. A former Fulbright Scholar to Portugal, Lopez is one of the most prolific and cited scholars in adult attachment relationships. Applications for the 2012 APF/Div. 17 Counseling Psychology grant are due April 1. For more information, go to www.apa.org/apf/funding/counseling. Dickstein wins $5,000 to study therapy stigma among veterans Benjamin Dickstein of Boston University has won APF’s 2011 Violet and Cyril Franks scholarship. Dickstein, a doctoral candidate in the clinical psychology program, will put the $5,000 scholarship toward his research on whether motivational videos and interviews can help reduce stigma about seeking therapy for alcoholism 84 among military veterans. Dickstein’s research embodies the goal of the APF Violet and Cyril Franks Scholarship, which supports Dickstein graduate-level psychology research to help understand and reduce stigma, a significant barrier to treatment and recovery for people with mental illness. Applications for the 2012 Violet and Cyril Franks Scholarship are due May 15. For more information, go to www. apa.org/apf/funding/franks.aspx. Meet the travel and research award winners APF has awarded one psychologist and three graduate students its 2011 Henry P. David Travel and Research grants, which support work on human reproductive behavior and population studies. Travel grant winners are given $1,500 toward travel to present their research; research grant awardees are given $1,500 toward their ongoing research. The winners are: • Tamsen Rochat, PhD, a senior clinical psychologist at the Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies at the University of Kwazulu-Natal in South Africa, will use her grant to present her findings on depression among pregnant women living in an HIV-prevalent town in rural South Africa at the 10th International AIDS IMPACT Conference in Santa Fe, N.M. • Heather Adams, a graduate student at California State University, Stanislaus, will use her grant to present her findings on how fertility affects women’s sexual behavior at the 2012 Society for Personality and Social Psychology conference in San Diego. • Michelle Leve, a graduate student at The New School for Social Research, will use her grant to study how such factors as compensation and identity release affect women’s decisions about egg donation. • Angela Pirlott, a graduate student at Arizona State University, will put her grant toward her study of how the sex ratio of a population affects people’s sexual behavior. Applications for the 2012 Henry P. David Travel and Research Grants are due Feb. 15. For more information, visit www.apa.org/apf/funding/david.aspx. Apply now for the Pearson Early Career Grant APF is seeking applications for the Pearson Early Career Grant, an annual $12,000 award that funds an early career clinician’s work in an area of critical societal need. Examples of such need include innovative scientifically based clinical work with serious mental illness, serious emotional disturbance, incarcerated or homeless people, children with serious emotional disturbance, and adults with serious mental illness. Pearson, the world’s leading producer of educational materials and technology, partners with APF to offer the annual grant to support early career psychologists devoting their careers to underserved populations. Applicants M o n i to r o n p s yc h o l o g y • n ov e M b e r 2 0 1 1 http://www.apa.org/apf/funding/franks.aspx http://www.apa.org/apf/funding/franks.aspx http://www.apa.org/apf/funding/david.aspx http://www.apa.org/apf/funding/counseling.aspx

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Monitor on Psychology - November 2011

Monitor on Psychology - November 2011
Letters
President’s Column
Contents
Guest Column
‘Grand Challenges’ offers blueprint for mental health research
Documentary seeks to reach parents of LGBT kids
Treating veterans will cost at least $5 billion by 2020
Selfless volunteering might lengthen your life
Combat and stress up among U.S. military in Afghanistan
South Africa to host international psychology conference
Study uncovers a reason behind sex differences in mental illness
Navy psychologist gives a voice to combat trauma
In Brief
Psychologist suicide
On Your Behalf
Journey back to Heart Mountain
Psychology is key to pain management, report finds
ACT goes international
Judicial Notebook
Random Sample
Time Capsule
Questionnaire
Science Watch
Behavior change in 15-minute sessions?
Health-care reform 2.0
Perspective on Practice
Giving a heads up on concussion
Practice Profile
Searching for meaning
Inspiring young researchers
Aging, with grace
Public Interest
Thank you!
APA News
Division Spotlight
American Psychological Foundation
The man who gave Head Start a start
Personalities

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