Infographics - Bipolar Disorder

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Theories of Personality Reference Textbook

Theories of Personality Reference Textbook for our Reviewer

This book on Theories of Personality is authored by Jess Feist and Gregory J. Feist. Thanks to our benefactors for providing this book. Watch out for some excerpts and notes on this book. 

Excerpt from Barnes and Noble (http://bit.ly/17cF0IA):

Overview

This trusted text centers on the premise that personality theories are a reflection of the unique cultural background, family experiences, personalities, and professional training of their originators. The book begins by acquainting students with the meaning of personality and providing them with a solid foundation for understanding the nature of theory, as well as its crucial contributions to science. The chapters that follow present twenty-three major theories: coverage of each theory also encompasses a biographical sketch of each theorist, related research, and applications to real life. The new edition includes greater coverage of the Big Five theory, a new organization, and updated research throughout.

The Authors

Jess Feist received his Ph.D. in counseling from the University of Kansas. Dr. Feist and co-author Linda Brannon are both professors in the department of Psychology at McNeese State University in Lake Charles, Louisiana, where they have been teaching since receiving their doctorates. After becoming interested in the emerging field of health psychology, Feist and Brannon co-authored the first edition of this text in the 1980s, and they have enjoyed expanding and developing their text along with the field for more than two decades. In addition to his work in health psychology, Dr. Feist has co-authored a text on personality with his son Greg.

Gregory J. Feist has taught at San Jose State University in California. He received his Ph.D. in Personality Psychology from the University of California - Berkeley and is Undergraduate degree from the University of Massachusetts - Amherst. He is widely published in personality and creativity, scientific eminence, and the psychology of science. His research in creativitiy has been recognized by receipt of an Erly Career Award from Division for Psychology and the Arts (Division 10) of the American Psychological Association. He is also on the Editorial Board of Review of General Psychology.

Reference Textbook on Industrial and Organizational Psychology

A Reference Textbook on Industrial and Organizational Psychology

We got this book for our library, thanks to one of our benefactors. We will be posting some stuff from this book in this blog.

Striking a balance between research, theory, and application, the 7th edition of INDUSTRIAL/ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY: AN APPLIED APPROACH helps students discover the relevance of industrial/organizational psychology in everyday life through practical application as they analyze topics such as resume writing, interview survival, job description authoring, performance appraisal, employment law, job satisfaction, work motivation, and leadership. This text retains its focus on aiding students in conceptualizing complex issues through the use of numerous charts, tables, flowcharts, and exercises. (source - http://bit.ly/139Qj4h).

Reference Textbook for Abnormal Psychology

Reference Textbook for Abnormal Psychology

For the next days will be featuring some of the international edition reference textbooks will be using for our reviewer. It should be noted that these are just few of the references books since there are also locally authored books by Filipino psychologists and used as textbook by most of the universities and colleges in the country. And will be featuring those books as well here.    

An excerpt from Amazon (http://amzn.to/14QJXXk)

Overview

This work is an intersection of science and humanity. "Abnormal Psychology, 3e", by award-winning teacher and noted researcher Susan Nolen-Hoeksema, integrates cutting-edge research with a compassionate view of the lives of people with mental disorders. Dr. Nolen-Hoeksema captures the excitement of the new advances in knowledge and in treatment of psychopathology, developing in students a true enthusiasm and appreciation of research. She also highlights personal experiences of people with mental disorders, in order to give students exposure to their suffering and courage. This is the first text that successfully presents research in a way that both is teachable and gives a voice to those struggling with mental illness. This combination of science and humanity allows students to use the research to understand their own experiences and the experiences of others.

About the Author

Susan Nolen-Hoeksema is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Michigan. She received her B.A. in Psychology from Yale University and her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Nolen-Hoeksema has won numerous awards for her research on depression, including the Early Career Award from the American Psychology Association and Research Career Award from the National Institute of Mental Health. Recent books buy Dr. Nolen-Hoeksema include Coping with Loss (1999), and Depression in Children and Adolescents (in press). Dr. Nolen-Hoeksema has taught Abnormal Psychology at the University of Michigan and at Stanford University, and has won multiple awards for her teaching. She currently directs the Gender and Mental Health Training Program at the University of Michigan and carries on an active program of research on psychosocial factors in depression. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Psychometrician Licensure Exam Reset for December 2013

For new update please check this blog post with this link
http://psychometricpinas.blogspot.com/2013/09/psychometrician-and-psychologist.html

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Below is a report of one of our contributors who attended  "The Filipino Psychologist's Use of Western Psychological Tests: Issues and Challenges" (Forum), held at the PSSC  Auditorium on 13 July 2013. I am not sure if  board takers will be happy with the new schedule that coincides with the busiest month of the year! Good luck to all! I guess this sched will be moved again - let's see!

BTW the presentation materials will be emailed by PAP to our contributor and promise to share it with us here. 

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First Ever Psychometrician Licensure Exam 

is Reset for December 2013 

Psych Update -  In her opening remarks, Psychological Association of the Philippines (PAP) President Dr. Ma. Regina Hechanova announced  that the  Psychometrician Licensure Exam  many believed to be held this coming October is now rescheduled for  December 2013. Her announcement was made in a forum on "The Filipino Psychologist's Use of Western Psychologicat Tests: Issues and Challenges" (Forum), held at the PSSC  Auditorium on 13 July 2012. (Although the schedule as of writing is not yet posted at the PRC website.)

The forum organized by the Assessment  Psychology Division of PAP was attended by more than 200 or more participants coming from different line of works ( schools, government, OFW clinics, hospitals, companies, etc) providing psychological assessment listened to various speakers who shared their experiences and studies  in providing western psychological tests including the adaptation and translation they implememented.

(Voice recorded of the opening remarks and parts of morning session. To listen to the presentation you have to click link and download the file in WMA format and listen using a windows media player or your installed music player.)

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9L6cSSvjzAoUmN5WE9rcjREQjQ/edit?usp=sharing

The speakers below shared on the use of foreign-developed tests in the clinical, government, industrial, school, and OFW clinic settings:

Maria Araceli Alcala, MA (Clinical)
Ann Maribel Hapin, MP (Government)
Elizabeth Suba, PhD (School)
Ma. Dolores Tay, MD (OFW Clinics)


The guests below discussed on the advantages, issues and limitations, ethical challenges and training of practitioners in test use. Dr. Villasor stressed that there's a need to include in the curriculum Filipino psychology and Psychological ethics. She also made emphasis on the importance of developing a psychological eye aside from using psychological tests or instruments.

Ma. Aurora Bulatao, MA
Natividad Dayan, PhD
Ma. Teresa Villasor, PhD


Allan Bernardo, PhD - Presented on the Researcher's Perspective: Challenges of translating Western tests and areas of collaboration between practitioners and researchers.

Roger Davis, PhD - The clinician's perspective: Clinical assessment using foreign norms (MCMI-III) versus development of a test to assess DSM5 pathological personality constructs normed on Filipinos.

Gregorio del Pilar, PhD - The test adaptation perspective: Process, requirements, issues and challenges of adopting a personality test (NEO-PI).

Synthesis from the morning session

Western Psychological Test Advantages
1) Standardized - reliability, validity
2) Ease of administration
3) Wide use
4) Availability
5) Well researched/Norm
6) relevant, comprehensive

Western Psychological Test Limitations/issues
1) Norms - US/Western derived
2) Culture bias - use of language, education, socio-economic status, exposure rural-urban, etc
3) Expensive
4) Training of psychometrician in the administering/scoring/interpretation of tests

Hikikomori: A mental illness?

Hikikomori: Why are so many Japanese men refusing to leave their rooms?

By William Kremer and Claudia HammondBBC World Service
Links - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23182523

Listen to the broadcast here - http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/player/p01bdmw7

A best-selling work of Japanese psychology that brought attention to the widespread problem of acute social withdrawal

This is the first English translation of a controversial Japanese best seller that made the public aware of the social problem of hikikomori, or “withdrawal”—a phenomenon estimated to involve approximately one million Japanese adolescents and young adults. Drawing on his own clinical experience with hikikomori patients, Saitō Tamaki creates a working definition of social withdrawal and explains its development.

Hikikomori was a ground-breaking book when it appeared in Japan in 1998 and will no doubt generate enormous interest with its publication in English. It was Saitō’s work that first brought the phenomenon of social withdrawal to notice in Japan, and it promises to have a similar effect in the United States. Angles’s translation is superb.

—

J. Keith Vincent, Boston University 

Source - http://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/hikikomori


Other Links:

http://www.khj-h.com/ (Japanese Language)

https://www.facebook.com/khj.ho  (Japanese Language)

List of PAP Accredited Institutions CPE Providers and Activities

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Below is Psychological Association of the Philippines (PAP) guidelines for accredited Continuing  Professional Education (CPE) providers and activities including those accredited institutions and the validity of their accreditation.


Guidelines for PAP Accredited CPE Providers

1. CPE providers should be legitimate organization that is registered in the Department of Trade and Industry or in the case of educational institutions, accredited by the Commission on Higher Education.

2. The accreditation of a CPE provider will be in two levels which will be specified in the accreditation certificate issued by PAP: a.New application will be valid for one year b.Re-accreditation will be valid for three years

3. Applicants for CPE providers should indicate the nature of programs they expect to provide within the period of their accreditation. This information should include program objectives, duration, and facilitators. The duration of the activity will determine the number of CPE points to be awarded to those who attend the activity.

4. The accredited CPE provider should provide discounted registration fees for members of the PAP which should be indicated in all forms of announcements (flyers, brochures, registrations)

5. The accredited CPE provider should include in their activities the distribution of a an evaluation form that should include feedback from participants on the content, methodology, facilitator and materials. First time applicants should provide PAP a template of their program evaluation form. For re-accreditation, a detailed evaluation form and a summary of the program is needed.

6. The accredited CPE provider may include in its announcements and promotional materials for their workshops and activities the statements: “The [name of organization] is an accredited CPE provider of the Psychological Association of the Philippines (PAP). All seminars, workshops, and other CPE activities sponsored by [name of organization] are eligible for CPE points for the PAP.” This statement may only be used during the approved accreditation period of the CPE provider.

7. CPE programs should have facilitators/resource speakers who are psychologists.. The curriculum vitae of facilitators should also be presented for accreditation of programs and re-accreditation.

8. At the end of the accreditation period, the CPE provider should provide a report of all the CPE activities they conducted, including (a) the attendance in each activity, and (b) a summary of the evaluation for each activity.


Guidelines for PAP Accredited CPE Activities

1. The accreditation of a CPE activity will be valid only for the dates indicated in the application form, and will not be valid for repeated runs of the activity. Each repeated run should be covered by a separate application.

2. The organizers of the CPE activity should provide discounted registration fees for members of the PAP.

3. The organizer of the CPE activity will be issued an official endorsement certificate by the PAP indicating the number of CPE points that PAP members can earn from the activity. A copy of this certificate should be attached to the certificate of attendance or certificate of participation provided to the participants.

4. The accredited CPE provider should include in their activities the distribution of an evaluation form to be submitted to the PAP with the application for the accreditation of the activity.

5. The organizers of the CPE may include in its announcements and promotional materials for their activity the statements: “This activity is an accredited CPE activity of the Psychological Association of the Philippines (PAP), and is eligible for CPE points for the PAP.” This statement may only for the specific activity approved by the CPE and not other activities sponsored by the organizer.

6. At the end of the activity period, the CPE provider should provide a report of the CPE activity they conducted, including (a) the attendance in the activity, and (b) a summary of the evaluation for the activity.

Accredited Institutions

MAY 2012- JUNE 2015

• Ateneo Center for Organization Research and Development (CORD)
• Philippine Association for Child and Play Therapy (Philplay)
• Psychological Resources Center 

JUNE 2013-JUNE 2016

• Care and Counsel Wholeness Center
• CEFAM
• Department of Psychology, De La Salle University
• Department of Psychology, University of the Philippines
• Department of Psychology, University of Santo Tomas
• Ledesma Clinic for Neuropsychological Services
• Life Change Recovery Center
• Psychological Service-National Center for Mental Health
• Reintegration for Care and Wholeness (RCW) Foundation, Inc.
• William Glasser Institute of the Philippines, Inc.

April 2011-March 2014

• Allied Mental Health (Volunteer Service) of the Section of Psychiatry, Makati Medical Center
• Department of Psychology, Ateneo de Manila University
• Metropolitan Psychological Corporation
• Miriam College, Department of Psychology and Integrated Lifestyle and Wellness (ILAW) Center
• PsychConsult Inc.
• Saint Louis University, Sunflower Children's Center
• Siliman University, Department of Psychology
• The Carl Jung Circle Center, Inc.

Source - http://www.pap.org.ph/?ctr=page&action=cpe