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21 May 2013

Research shows Australians care about climate change – Psychologists respond to Andrew Bolt

Environmental psychologists from the Australian Psychological Society (APS) are urging respect for science ahead of misinformation. There is wide agreement across all domains of science that human activity is pushing carbon emissions to a dangerous level and that urgent action is required immediately to reduce emissions.

19 April 2013

New model available to help evaluate psychological injuries resulting from workplace harassment and discrimination


Psychological evaluation of alleged workplace injuries due to harassment and discrimination is a complex task but now there is a model which can increase the accuracy of assessments, according to a keynote speaker at the APS Forensic Psychology Conference in Freemantle this month.

 

5 April 2013

Trial shows ‘high tech’ approaches help reduce diabetes-related complications


As global rates of diabetes escalate, a new computerised self-care system for people with Type 2 diabetes has been shown to significantly improve diabetes control and mental health-related quality of life, a global health expert will tell the APS Health Psychology Conference in Cairns this week.

3 April 2013

Poor sleep linked to depression in young women


Young women in their early twenties who often experience sleeping difficulties are at five times the risk of developing depression in the following decade of their life, according to an expert psychologist speaking at the APS Health Psychology Conference in Cairns this week.

 

7 March 2013

Legal recognition vital to mental health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, say psychologists

The Australian Psychological Society (APS) welcomes the passing of the Recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples Act 2012 (on February 13, 2013) as a commitment and first step towards constitutional recognition.

 

APS 46th Annual Conference

21 February 2013

Talk-based therapies result in changes in the brain, expert says

Professor Pieter Rossouw MAPS, Director Master of Counselling Program, School of Psychology at The University of Queensland, says people can be helped to establish new neural (nerve) pathways in the brain to channel new ways of thinking, feeling and being.

21 February 2013

The need for end-of-life conversations

End-of-life conversations can improve quality of life and provide people dealing with an advanced illness with a much-needed sense of control, according to an expert psychologist speaking at the APS Counselling Psychology Conference in Melbourne this month.


11 January 2013

Psychological tips available to help bushfire-affected communities

The bushfires in recent days have been traumatic for many people in a number of communities in Tasmania and on the mainland.