New issues covering the latest research from APA and affiliated journals are now available in APA PsycArticles®, our comprehensive database of full-text, peer-reviewed journal content.
The articles in these issues cover the most relevant topics in psychology, including childhood trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder, and workplace stressors.
Continue reading to learn more about the latest content from APA PsycArticles and other resources that support students, researchers, and faculty as they navigate coursework and research related to developmental, health, and culturally diverse psychology.
In June, APA added 96 new terms to its Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms® to provide more effective searching on current topics, including employment, education, and diversity. This Thesaurus update also includes 61 new cross-referenced terms, and 122 revised scope notes.
New terms from this Summer update will initially be applied to current content only; following the Fall 2024 release, the majority of 2024’s new postable terms will be back-mapped to older records.
NEW POSTABLE TERMS
Using the controlled vocabulary of the Thesaurus means a database search will quickly and accurately retrieve all publications related to a specific concept, regardless of the keywords the authors may have used.
The Thesaurus tool is found on all platforms as part of APA PsycInfo® and redirects synonyms to the preferred “Use” term to include in your search. Each Thesaurus record includes links to broader terms, narrower terms, and related terms, the year the term was introduced, an historical note if applicable, and a scope note providing definition and application.
New scholarly and professional titles on the most current topics in the behavioral sciences are now available in APA PsycBooks®, our essential database of over 4,600 DRM-free, full-text ebooks. Additions to the collection include titles on clinical depression, psychological approaches to health care, reproductive trauma, and much more.
When it comes to conducting, creating, or measuring behavioral science research, researchers, educators, and students don’t have to look any further than APA PsycTests®. This one-of-a-kind database of over 75,000 psychological tests and measures was designed to save users time and avoid recreating tests when conducting qualitative and quantitative research.
APA PsycTests contains a wide range of instrument types, including batteries, questionnaires, rating scales, and surveys, with 300 new test records added each month. Read on to learn about some of the key features available within APA PsycTests to facilitate targeted discovery:
On March 18, we added 12 new videos to APA PsycTherapy®, our streaming video database designed to meet the teaching and training needs of psychotherapy students and practitioners. APA PsycTherapy videos are recorded during an unscripted session to provide an authentic example of psychotherapy conducted by an expert therapist.
Here are a few highlight videos:
Focused Brief Group Therapy in Practice: Group therapy offers an efficient and effective alternative to individual therapy, and this particular approach to group therapy uses a series of techniques to activate the mechanisms of change in a far shorter time than most group therapies. In the video, Dr. Whittingham first demonstrates an individual client pre-group session and then holds a group therapy session, allowing viewers to see how working in a group setting can be beneficial to each individual. The demonstration in this video is framed by an informative discussion with the guest therapist hosted by Dr. Cheri Marmarosh.
Multicultural Orientation in Psychotherapy: In this video, Dr. Cynthia de las Fuentes demonstrates and discusses the key skills involved in this approach. By using an integrative approach to healing, practitioners accompany their clients (individuals, families, communities, etc.) by bearing witness to the pain of marginalization, helping them recognize the effects of domination and subjugation (e.g., discrimination, colonialism), and embrace the radical notion that health, wellness, and healing is a form of resistance for the betterment of self, family, community, and society. The demonstration in this video is framed by an informative discussion with the therapist hosted by Dr. Lillian Comas-Diaz. The demonstration in this video features an actor portraying a client on the basis of a composite of cases.
Working With Refugees:This video demonstrates and discusses key skills useful for professionals when working with refugees. The refugee count increases annually, however there is minimal training in mental health fields that provides the awareness, knowledge, and skills to effectively work with this population. In this video, Dr. Fred Bemak demonstrates and discusses key skills such as culturally responsive psychotherapy, strength-based interventions, emphasis on developing cultural empowerment useful for professionals when working with refugees. The demonstration in this video is framed by an informative discussion with the therapist hosted by Dr. Rita Chi-Ying Chung. This video features an actor portraying a client on the basis of a composite of cases.
Pregnancy Loss: Dr. Rayna Markin demonstrates an approach that combines attachment theory, trauma theory, self-psychology, and research on the therapy relationship to help a client process the grief from her own pregnancy loss. Dr. Markin uses empathic attunement to help the client to process the trauma and loss associated with these adverse reproductive events and to repair the damage to self-esteem caused by pregnancy loss. The demonstration in this video is framed by an informative discussion with the therapist, hosted by Cheri Marmarosh.
With 15-25 new videos added every year, APA PsycTherapy will continue to grow and showcase the latest examples and emerging best practices from clinical psychology.
An APA PsycTherapy subscription includes a PDF copy of The APA PsycTherapy Teaching Guide, Revised Edition which features a series of exercises for using APA PsycTherapy with students, in clinical supervision settings, psychotherapy researcher training, and more.
Watch a preview of the newest content update:
American Psychological Association. Multicultural Orientation in Psychotherapy [Video]. APA PsycTherapy.
