APA’s Award Winning Consumer Help Center Adds Two New Features for the Public and Media
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 /PRNewswire/ — Consumers and organizations can now
locate experts to speak on psychological topics at community events through a
new online virtual speakers’ bureau on the American Psychological
Association’s (APA) consumer Help Center (http://www.APAHelpCenter.org). Visitors
can access contact information for psychologists who coordinate APA Public
Education Campaign activities in each state. These psychologists can be
contacted to obtain free speakers about a variety of issues including
mind/body health, developing resilience, and the warning signs of youth
violence.
In addition, journalists can access information on a variety of psychology
topics through the Help Center’s new online media room
(http://www.APAHelpCenter.mediaroom.com). The media room is a one-stop-shop for
reporters writing about the practice of psychology, including issues such as
mind/body health and managing traumatic stress after natural disasters. It
contains fact sheets, mental health statistics, public service announcements,
news releases, and information about the recent hurricanes.
APA’s online Help Center recently received the 2005 Silver Inkwell Award
of Merit from the International Association of Business Communicators’
Washington, DC, chapter. The Help Center was designed to expand the resources
available to consumers, and includes facts and tips on mind/body health,
resilience, and a variety of mental health topics. A number of materials are
available in Spanish.
The American Psychological Association (APA), located in Washington, DC,
is the largest scientific and professional organization representing
psychology in the United States and is the world’s largest association of
psychologists. APA’s membership includes more than 155,000 researchers,
educators, clinicians, consultants and students. Through its divisions in 53
subfields of psychology and its affiliations with 58 state, territorial and
Canadian provincial associations, APA works to advance psychology as a
science, as a profession, and as a means of promoting health, education and
welfare.
SOURCE American Psychological Association
Web Site: http://www.apa.org http://www.APAHelpCenter.org
http://www.APAHelpCenter.mediaroom.com
