Treating panic attacks and panic disorder in a public hospital respiratory ward
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The respiratory ward and clinic at Prince of Wales Hospital provide treatment for people suffering from chronic respiratory diseases. The bulk of both inpatients and outpatients have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a condition caused primarily by cigarette smokin...
Published May 2017
2019 APS Interest Group Awards
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and Psychology Interest Group
Indigenous Student Conference Attendance Award*
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Psychology Interest Group
Student Award
ePsychology Interest Group
Student Research Pri...
Published Jun 2019
APS Interest Group awards 2016: Nominations now open
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The standard closing date for nominations for Interest Group awards is 31 October 2016. Please check individual awards for details
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and Psychology Interest Group
Indigenous Student Conference Attendance Award*
Acceptan...
Published May 2017
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The Media Award for Public Engagement with Psychological Science recognises an outstanding individual who has given a public voice to psychological science through the communication of high quality research or the promotion of psychological science more generally to the public.
Last reviewed Apr 2017
The challenge and reward of being innovative in the public sector
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The following article outlines an innovative program in Western Australia, a State that has a long history of specialist psychology titles and where positions within the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) are almost exclusively clinical psychology and clinical ...
Published May 2017
Nominations open for APS Interest Group awards 2015
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Nominations are now open for the 2015 APS Interest Group awards offered by the following Interest Groups. Please refer to the APS website for further information, including eligibility and nomination processes.
www.psychology.org.au/about/awards/#s3
The closing date for nomin...
Published Jun 2017
How to join an Interest Group
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APS Interest Groups are open to all APS members, providing opportunities to connect with like-minded professionals and explore specific areas of interest. For $25 annually, you can access one or multiple Interest Groups. Interest Groups are run by volunteer committees of APS...
Last reviewed Dec 2024
Psychology and Ageing Interest Group
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Elsie Harwood Award
Alex McCord
Thesis title: Effects of Action Video Game Training on Executive Function in Older Adults
A provisional psychologist practising in aged care, Alex completed her BA summa cum laude at City University of New York, followed by Honours and ...
Last reviewed Jun 2020
Agile psychologists designing and delivering change in adult public mental health
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Tom's story
Tom was referred to the adult mental health service for outpatient treatment by another hospital’s acute psychiatric ward following a suicide attempt related to a situational crisis. After two months with the service, Tom was admitted to the ...
Published Jun 2017
Why don’t public sector psychologists do more research?
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Strategies to enhance Australian psychologists’ as research leaders.
Psychologists from the NSW public health sector recently published an article on barriers to psychologists engaging in research, and therefore working fully within the Scientist-Practitioner (S-P) model.
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Last reviewed May 2022