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...Deployment can be a complex, and for some families, overwhelming process," states Michelle D. Sherman, co-chair of the APA Task Force. "Deployment means extended separations and the uncertainty of having a loved one in a combat zone. The situation creates an environment in which the development of significant emotional problems for military personnel and their families is a real possibility...
...Pentagon has stepped up its mental-health efforts since 9/11 and the two wars the U.S. launched in its wake. There is better pre- and post-war screenings for troops, and mental-health professionals are available for counseling soldiers in the battle zones. But the APA report notes that there has been a 22% decline in the number of uniformed clinical psychologists in the military. Instead of a standard approach to help soldiers and their families, too often the Pentagon relies on a patchwork approach, where different units develop their own programs that vary widely in quality, the study said...
Neither the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) nor the American Psychological Association (APA) has come out fully against the practice. In 1998 the former issued a statement that said, in part, "Spanking is only effective when used in selective, infrequent situations." An APA statement permits similar wiggle room: "There is difference of opinion within the psychology community about spanking. But there is general concern that if and when spanking might lead to more severe forms of corporal punishment, parents should avoid...
...Number of times Nepalese climber Apa Sherpa has reached the summit of Mount Everest?a world record he achieved last week...
...nature of children and their level of responsibility for their actions has changed drastically over the past decades. Adolescents are fragile, growing things that have neither been genetically or socially fully integrated into their environment. It was partially a scientific evolution and the support of the American Psychological Association (APA) that allowed the Court to decide as it did. The logic of Atkins v. Virginia, a 2002 case which established that poor reasoning and impulse control precludes the execution of the retarded, comes into play here; although adolescents will one day be fully functional adults, until that day they...