Graduate Psychology Education in Hawaii and Elsewhere
Another piece of our 2010 HPA presentation on training and workforce issues in professional psychology concerned how well local training programs are preparing graduates for two career hurdles: internship selection and the passing the Examination for Professional Practice in Hawaii (EPPP). I’ll present the numbers in two separate posts and let everyone give them their […]
The Psychology Internship Match Crisis
For our 2010 HPA presentation on developments in professional psychology, we examined various career and workforce issues in professional psychology, including the current status of the internship match crisis. There has been an increasing trend over the past 10 years for the number of graduates who fail to match to an internship (2009: 3825 applicants, 846 […]
Oversupply of Psychologists in Hawaii?
I have been bogged down with work. Just did a presentation at HPA on professional psychology practice in Hawaii and found some interesting information. In looking at workforce information I was shocked to discover that Hawaii has 854 licensed psychologists! Over 209 are out of state. Hawaii has experienced a 30% increase in the number […]
PTSD and Malingering: Practice Pointers
There appears to be a dramatic split among mental health professionals who write primarily from a treatment or plaintiff perspective and those who take a more skeptical approach. This article by Steve Rubenzer reviews recent developments in the assessment of malingering, including symptom validity measures, and applies them to the assessment of PTSD. Recommendations for current practice are provided.