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Beck in Action: Grawemeyer-Winning Psychiatrist Influential in Psychology
As an undergraduate at Brown University, Aaron “Tim” Beck took his first – and last – class in psychology. “It all had to do with brain anatomy and physiology and so on,” he said. “I
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Remembering Meehl; ‘Overkill’ by IRBs
Remembering Meehl Tom Nelson Adrian College I was saddened to read about the death of Professor Paul Meehl [Observer, July 2003]. As an undergraduate at the University of Minnesota in the mid 1960s, I took
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A Case of Entitlement
During his conversation with Alan Kraut (APS Observer January 2002), Alan Leshner said, “When I came to the federal government, I always hesitated before I told my colleagues that I was a psychologist.” Leshner then
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NIH Helps Pay Student Loans for Clinical Researchers in Psychology
Exciting news! The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is offering student loan repayments for clinical researchers, including psychologists. Among other things, the program should help stem the loss of clinically-trained scientists who might otherwise feel
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We’d Like to Thank the Academy: APCS Creates Fusion of Science and Clinical Training
When he issued his “Manifesto” a decade ago, Indiana University’s Richard McFall was unknowingly helping to set the stage for one of the more influential entities in psychological science – the Academy of Psychological Clinical
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A Response to James Coyne: The Depression of Primary Care Research and an Effort to Be Excited
Reading James Coyne’s article “Depression in Primary Care: Depressing News, Exciting Research Opportunities” [Observer, February 2001] left me, as he intended, both depressed and excited. For the last ten years, I have organized my practice
