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# Most children and teens who experience a disaster or terrorism will recover fully if given proper counseling (NIMH).
# Teachers and school administrators can play a valuable role in helping children and teens cope with a disaster or terrorism (NIMH).
# 63% of Americans say the fear of the threat of terrorism would be reduced by increased knowledge about the mental health effects of terrorism. (National Mental Health Association and NASMDPD Survey)
# Three-fourths of Americans believe public officials could do a better job of explaining the mental health impact of terrorism on the nation. (National Mental Health Association and NASMDPD Survey)

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# Between 20% and 50% of depressed kids and teens have a family history of depression. (U.S. Surgeon Generalís Survey, 1999)
# An estimated 10-20% of children worldwide have one or more mental health or behavioral problems. (World Health Organization)

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# School-associated violent deaths represent less than one percent of all homicides and suicides that occur among school-aged children. (National Center for Injury Prevention and Control)
# More than fifty percent of all school-associated violent deaths occurred during transition times during the school day - either at the beginning or end of the day or during lunch-time. (National Center for Injury Prevention and Control)
# Homicide is the leading cause of death among 15 to 24 year olds. (National Center for Injury Prevention and Control)

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Each year 185,000 women in this country learn that they have breast cancer. Because less than a quarter of them have genetic or other known risk factors, the diagnosis often comes as a devastating surprise. The emotional turmoil that results can affect women’s physical health as well as their psychological well-being. This question-and-answer fact sheet explains how psychological treatment can help these women harness the healing powers of their own minds.

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For additional stories on nontraditional psychology careers, visit the gradPSYCH Guide to Careers. The Web site includes a list of more than 70 articles on psychologists in creative careers.

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From doing stand-up at comedy clubs to combining pastoral training with forensics, many psychologists are choosing careers outside of what–in the 20th century–was considered the traditional psychology route of academia and clinical practice. While plenty of psychologists still opt for those more traditional routes, others continue to branch out to a number of fields in business and organizations, the federal government, education and in the international realm.

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Do you need additional resources for your research? Think your dissertation or thesis deserves top acknowledgement? Check out these student prizes offered by APA and the American Psychological Association of Graduate Students (APAGS):
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - October 16, 2005

Submerged somewhere beneath the snarl of superstars, salaries, sabermetrics and steroids, baseball is still what baseball has always been: nine guys vs. nine guys, nice landscaping, pleasant weather, lukewarm beer.

And, says a neuroscientist and psychologist at Emory University, baseball is a useful metaphor for life. In her freshman seminar Psych 190: Science and Myth of Baseball, Hillary Rodman takes a kind of intellectual batting practice with 14 students, helping them seek answers to such questions as:

> Is a clubhouse leader worth a .212 batting average?

> Why is making $30 million so important to a player who “just loves the game”? more … more…

This page contains a list of U.S. and Canadian clinical psychology programs rank-ordered by how well their graduates performed on the Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology from 1988 to 1995 (as given in the report “How Do Professional Schools’ Graduates Compare With Traditional Graduates?” in the September, 1997, APS Observer). According to the APS Observer, the EPPP is one of the most important national standard tests in clinical psychology and therefore constitutes one objective criterion “by which the adequacy of clinical training programs may be evaluated.” To learn more about the EPPP, contact the Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards.

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