Gary R. VandenBos

Violence on the job : identifying risks and developing solutions

The Prediction, Psychological Experience and Consequences of Workplace Violence Violence and Hostility at Work - a Model of Reactions to Perceived Injustice Research, Practice and Legal Issues Regarding Workplace Violence - a Note of Caution Alcohol, Antagonism and Witnessing Violence in the Workplace - Drinking Climates and Social Alienation-Integration The Impact of Domestic Violence on the Workplace Job Stress, Gender and Workplace Violence - an Analysis of Assault Experiences of State Employees Workplace Violence and Victimisation Experienced by Social Workers - a Cross-National Study of US and Israelis Violence Against Nurses in Hospitals Workplace Violence in Federal Agencies Workplace Violence in an Urban Jail Setting - an N of 807 Study Correlates of Risk for Conflict Among New York City Traffic Agents Violence Turned Inward - Police Suicide in the Workplace Attitudes and Experiences about Workplace Violence - Results of a Survey of Construction and Other Workers Violence in the Workplace - Response and Intervention Strategies Workplace Violence - Comparative Use of Prevention Practices and Policies The Dynamics of Threat Management Unions Respond to Violence on the Job The Assaulted Staff Action Programme (ASAP) - Guidelines for Fielding an ASAP Team The United States Postal Service Employee Assistance Programme - a Multifaceted Approach to Workplace Violence Prevention An Example of Violence Prevention During Corporate Downsizing - the Use of a People Team as Context for the Critical Incident Team Workplace Violence in Correctional Settings - a Comprehensive Approach to Critical Incident Stress Management Fear and Violence in the Workplace.

On the AHCPR Depression in Primary Care guidelines: Further considerations for practitioners.

The majority of cases of clinical depression go unrecognized and untreated, despite the fact that depression is an eminently treatable disorder. The Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) recently published a set of clinical practice guidelines focused on depression in primary care settings. The review of the literature on which the guidelines are based is thorough and appropriate and should enhance the detection of depression and the quality of pharmacotherapy for depression. However, the guidelines encourage primary care physicians to provide pharmacotherapy to their depressed patients as the first line of treatment. The wisdom of this recommendation is questioned and revisions to the guidelines are suggested. Specifically, patients should be informed of the broad array of treatment options available and provided with a more balanced presentation of the potential benefits of psychotherapy for depression. Patients should decide which treatment alternative they wish to undergo.

Rural America: Unique Opportunities for Health Care Delivery and Health Services Research.

A general deterioration is occurring in the quality of life of rural Americans, and it is affecting the quality of health and mental health service delivery. About 24% of the U.S. population lives in nonmetropolitan areas where the citizens are older, less well educated, have lower incomes, and are more homogeneous in terms of race and ethnicity. Medicare and private insurance discriminate against rural services in their reimbursement policies, and there is a shortage of health personnel in rural areas. However, there has been renewed congressional action to meet rural needs. Both the House and Senate have established rural caucuses, and an Office of Rural Health Policy has been established in the federal executive branch. Legislative successes were achieved between 1985 and 1988. Rural initiatives will provide psychology with unique opportunities in the next several years.

The window on Psychology's literature : A history of psychological abstracts

With the rapid expansion of scientific information at the end of the 19th century, disciplines sought ways to keep their members abreast of the relevant research. Those pressures were felt in the science of psychology in the United States, where psychologists developed a bibliographic aid, The Psychological Index, in 1895 only a little more than a decade after G. Stanley Hall opened Americas first psychology laboratory. The Index was useful but was only a listing of titles. More information was needed, which led to the development of a journal of abstracts, first published in 1927. This article traces the history of Psychological Abstracts from its origins in the Index to the evolution of the American Psychological Associations electronic information system known as PsycINFO, of which Psychological Abstracts has become an outmoded part. Nevertheless, for most of its 80 years, Psychological Abstracts was psychologys window on the world of research.

An Analysis of the Status of Journals and Research in Psychology from Latin America

Little is known about the breadth and depth of scholarly publishing within the field of psychology and its related disciplines originating from Latin American authors. To better define the subject area, we underwent a data analysis to examine the trends (e.g., status, quantity, and quality of publications) of scholarly publications emanating from Latin America origin (i.e., the location of the primary author). Our findings suggest that there has been a swift and steady increase in the quantity of scholarly publications published by Latin American authors. This increase is marked as 880% between 2001 and 2013, with a slight increase in the number of International as opposed to Regional publications. This study reveals that scholarly publications originating from Latin America are on the rise, with anticipated future growth.

The Role of the Federal Government in Peer Review

This chapter reviews two roles that the federal government has adopted in the area of peer review: that of a purchaser of care and that of a provider of care. The authors note that, depending on the particular federal health-care program involved, those who have enacted the governing statute and those who currently administer the program may, or may not, have envisioned a substantial role for peer review. The issues of cost containment and assurance of quality care are intimately intertwined The development of peer review has genuinely been an evolutionary one, with the federal government frequently using its “purchasing power” to guide the system toward an envisioned but elusive goal. Within the U.S. Department of Defense, where the federal government serves as a provider of care, a number of innovative approaches have recently been adopted to systematically institute objective standards of performance and quality care.

Data sharing in psychology.

Routine data sharing, defined here as the publication of the primary data and any supporting materials required to interpret the data acquired as part of a research study, is still in its infancy in psychology, as in many domains. Nevertheless, with increased scrutiny on reproducibility and more funder mandates requiring sharing of data, the issues surrounding data sharing are moving beyond whether data sharing is a benefit or a bane to science, to what data should be shared and how. Here, we present an overview of these issues, specifically focusing on the sharing of so-called “long tail” data, that is, data generated by individual laboratories as part of largely hypothesis-driven research. We draw on experiences in other domains to discuss attitudes toward data sharing, cost-benefits, best practices and infrastructure. We argue that the publishing of data sets is an integral component of 21st-century scholarship. Moreover, although not all issues around how and what to share have been resolved, a consensus on principles and best practices for effective data sharing and the infrastructure for sharing many types of data are largely in place.

From print to digital (1985–2015): APA’s evolving role in psychological publishing.

Knowledge dissemination plays an important role in all scientific fields. The American Psychological Associations (APA) journal publication program was established in 1927. During the 1960s, the Psychological Abstracts publication was computerized. In the mid-1980s, a reenergizing of APA Publishing began, with the establishment of the APA Books Program, as well as the movement of abstracts to CD-ROMs. This article describes the 30-year program of expansion of APA Publishing, covering the period from 1985 through 2015. This period saw the journals program grow from 15 journals to 89 journals, the abstract program grow into an Internet-based delivery system, the creation of the APAs own PsycNET delivery platform, the creation of 6 addition databases, and the establishment of dictionaries and handbooks of psychology. (PsycINFO Database Record

Clinical Geropsychology and U.S. Federal Policy

The age distribution in American society has changed drastically since 1900 when only one in 25 Americans was age 65 or older, and the average life span was 47 years. In the year 2000 one in six Americans will be age 65 or older, and the average life span will exceed 80 (Neugarten & Neugarten, 1989).

125th anniversary of the American Psychological Association—Accomplishments and challenges: Introduction to the special issue.

In 2017, the American Psychological Association (APA) celebrates the 125th anniversary of its founding. This special issue commemorates this milestone by providing long- and short-term views on the history of APA and its role in psychology in America. The opening paper presents an overview of initiatives and challenges facing the field of psychology and APA in five periods, each roughly 25 years in length. The remaining eight articles review specific issues and areas of activity over varying lengths of time in more recent years. Issues of policy involvement, relations with the media, and involvement with the courts are described, as well as developments related to social justice, education, science, practice, and publications. (PsycINFO Database Record