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VOL. 18, NO. 4 ::: JULY/AUGUST, 2009

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Licensing board sued for not investigating torture charges

A Toledo, Ohio psychologist, who vigorously opposes infringements on political prinicples and ethical codes, has filed suit against the Louisiana State Board of Examiners of Psychologists, claiming the board refused to investigate retired Col. Larry James, Ph.D., for alleged professional and ethical violations at two prison camps.
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Progress continues toward DSM-V

Work on DSM-V is progressing toward a May 2012 publication date. That may seem like a long time off, but to members of the 13 diagnostically organized Work Groups and six cross-cutting Study Groups (e.g., gender and cross-cultural issues) charged with revising the manual, it is frighteningly close says, Lee Anna Clark, Ph.D., who is a member of several DSM-V work and study groups.
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The “right to die” as an ethical issue in psychology

Jerry Dincin, Ph.D., a retired psychologist and president of The Final Exit Network, says I believe that individuals have the human right to hasten the end of their life, with such assistance as they deem necessary, without restriction by government, courts, religion or other well-intentioned persons when that person has a fatal illness that will cause death in six months, has a long-term, irreversible disease with no hope of recovery or is in continuing, unbearable and untreatable pain.
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Medicare update summer 2009
Probability of audits increases

By Paula Hartman-Stein, Ph.D.
Intense scrutiny for billing and coding errors of Medicare claims begins this summer as the controversial Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program is in place.
According to an article in ModernHealthcare.com posted May 4, 2009, after piloting the RAC program in several states, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) believes it will cut down on fraud and save the government money.

A day in Judge Mary Morgan’s
Adult Behavioral Health Court

By Dave Pursell, Psy.D. student
The Law Library on the second floor of San Francisco’s Hall of Justice was flooded with natural light coming in through the three large windows that face east.
From my chair, there was a clear view of the mammoth "Yahoo!" billboard alongside highway 80. The steady swoosh of traffic managed to seep in through the double panes.

Working with trauma in Israel:
Lessons for America

By Ilene A. Serlin, Ph.D.
We know that we will soon have waves of returning war veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan and witness their adjustment coming home and with their family members. We know that there will be massive psychological wounds to these soldiers and those around them.
Clinical psychology came of age after World War II to help returning soldiers. What can we learn from those lessons that will help us with today’s challenges?

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