Education and research

December 2014

Hobart and the Hotel Grand Chancellor pulled out all stops to welcome nearly 700 delegates to the 49th APS Annual Conference in late September and early October. Late Spring is a beautiful time in Hobart, with the trees in full bloom and the crisp, clean air flowing in off the Southern Ocean and...

December 2014 | Ann Thornton

The recent InPsych articles related to the provision of psychological services in non-governmental organisations (NGOs) highlight the fact that psychologists are increasingly being employed in organisations other than the more traditional public hospital and private practice roles. There is also...

December 2014

APS members have again provided generous donations towards the APS Bendi Lango initiative, a fund that provides bursaries for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander postgraduate psychology students who are in financial need. This year’s member donations of $25,000 will support the 2015...

October 2014 | Dr Maja Nedeljkovic

The ‘Obsessive-compulsive and related disorders (OCRD)’ is a new category that has been incorporated into the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5). It introduces new disorders to the nosology while re-conceptualising several pre-existing...

October 2014 | Dr Mike Knowles

In the last edition of InPsych there were two lead articles, one by Tim Hannan and the other by Lyn Littlefield, each deriving inspiration from the recent International Congress of Applied Psychology (ICAP) which was held in Paris in July, and each dealing with different aspects of the relations...

October 2014

The APS Melbourne Branch Study Group Network is catching on! Since their inception in 2007, study groups offering cost-effective continuing professional development (CPD) have become hugely popular among APS members in Melbourne and regional areas.Founder and Co-ordinator of the Study Group...

August 2014 | Christopher Hall

We have seen spirited debate in recent years about where the line between ‘normal’ and ‘complicated’ or ‘prolonged’ bereavement responses should be drawn. A second debate has centred on the relationship and distinction between bereavement and depression. The...

August 2014 | Professor Michael Innes FAPS, Professor Lynne Harris MAPS and Andrew Little, Australian College of Applied Psychology

The Australian College of Applied Psychology (ACAP) has been a tertiary education provider since 1983 with well-regarded programs of study in fields related to psychology (including counselling and coaching). Plans to establish an APAC-accredited course in psychology at ACAP commenced in 2008. At...

August 2014 | Associate Professor Pauleen Bennett et.al.

Anthrozoology is the study of human-animal relations and, as the name infers, it is an interdisciplinary field that brings together researchers from a variety of overlapping areas, with veterinarians, psychologists, philosophers and biologists being just a few examples. A rapidly growing field...