Special report

February 2013 | Dr Susie Burke

This summer has been very challenging for people living in many areas around Australia threatened by heatwaves, fires and floods. Disasters have been declared in Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia, New South Wales and Queensland. At the time of writing, NSW is facing extreme weather conditions...

December 2012 | Dr Lynne Casey, Anna Stitzel, Rachel Pui-Tak Liang

As part of the APS’ commitment to promoting community mental health awareness and psychological wellbeing, for the second successive year the APS commissioned a stress and wellbeing survey of a representative sample of the Australian adult population to examine the experience of stress...

October 2012 | Professor Lyn Littlefield

The August 2012 edition of InPsych presented the proposed new APS model of psychology education and training. It was devised by the APS Psychology Education and Training Review Group – comprised of senior academics and practitioners – to respond proactively to the significant current...

February 2011

'Supporting people to reconstruct their lives as soon as possible helps alleviate the stress that can lead to psychological problems'Professor Richard Bryant FAPS, from the University of New South Wales, is a world expert in psychological response to trauma who has direct experience with...

February 2011 | Professor David Forbes & Professor Mark Creamer

The floods across the Eastern States, particularly in areas such as Toowoomba and the Lockyer Valley in Queensland - with their heavy toll on life and property - will leave thousands deeply affected. The extent of devastation has been such that, for many, it will be a long time before lives...

February 2011

'We as psychologists shouldn't rush into the fray without first doing our homework'Professor Kevin Ronan MAPS, Chair of the APS Disaster Preparedness and Response Reference Group, brings a ‘voice from the ground' as he lives and works in Rockhampton, which was the first town...

February 2011

'The community itself is expected to lead and facilitate its own recovery'Kerrie Kelly MAPS is a member of the APS Disaster Preparedness and Response Reference Group who has a particular focus on community response to disasters. Kerrie lived in the tropics for a number of years and became...

February 2011 | Dr Susie Burke

This summer, floods have devastated many regions of Australia, especially in Queensland and Victoria. As of the end of January, 35 people have died, with nine people still missing. In Queensland, at least 70 towns and over 200,000 people were affected, and three-quarters of the State was declared...

August 2010

The scale and scope of psychology's application to the concerns of the international and Australian communities was highlighted throughout the 27th International Congress of Applied Psychology, ICAP 2010. Hosted by the APS in conjunction with the International Association of Applied...