scholarly journals I. ‘Street of Twins’: Multiple Births in Cuba II. The Cuban Twin Registry: An Update / Twin Research Reports: Cord Entanglement; Heritability of Clubfoot; School Separation / Twins and Twin Researchers in the News: Reunited at Seventy-Eight; Basketball Duo Dissolved; Delivered Holding Hands; The Better Brew; Award Winners

2014 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 347-353 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy L. Segal ◽  
Beatriz Marcheco-Teruel
Keyword(s):  
American Psychological Association ◽  
American Psychological ◽  
Basketball Players ◽  
Twin Research ◽  
Twin Registry ◽  
Informal Meeting ◽  
Media Reports ◽  
The Many ◽  
Mz Twins ◽  
Umbilical Cord Entanglement

I was part of a people-to-people tour of Havana, Cuba during the first week in April 2014. Among the many highlights of that adventure were an informal meeting with Dr Beatriz Marcheco-Teruel, from Cuba's National Center for Medical Genetics, and a visit to the famous ‘Street of Twins’. A fortuitous meeting with parents of twins in the fishing town of Jaimanitas was also an extraordinary event. The Cuban experience is followed by summaries of recent twin research, covering umbilical cord entanglement, the heritability of clubfoot and school separation policies for twins. Media reports include twins reunited at age 78, the future of UCLA's twin basketball players, MZ twins born holding hands, a twin conflict over beer and a pair of American Psychological Association honors for Drs Nancy L. Segal and Thomas J. Bouchard, Jr.

scholarly journals Monozygotic Triplets: Concordance and Discordance for Cleft Lip and Palate / Twin Research Reviews: Depression in Mothers of Multiples; Depression in Mothers and Fathers of ART Conceived Multiples; Epigenetic Differences in Monozygotic Twins; Congenital Anomalies in Surviving Twins / Headlines × Two: Twin Chefs; The World's Largest Twin Registry; Twin Table Tennis Champions

2009 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 403-406 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy L. Segal
Keyword(s):  
Cleft Lip ◽  
Cleft Lip And Palate ◽  
Monozygotic Twins ◽  
Table Tennis ◽  
Tennis Players ◽  
Mothers And Fathers ◽  
Twin Research ◽  
Twin Registry ◽  
Reproductive Techniques ◽  
Mz Twins

AbstractA review of twin research on cleft lip and palate is presented. This information is accompanied by a look at the lives of young monozygotic (MZ) male triplets concordant for cleft lip, but discordant for the type and placement of the cleft and for the presence of cleft palate. Research on depression in mothers and fathers of twins conceived naturally and by artificial reproductive techniques follows. Current findings and implications of epigenetic differences in MZ twins are also summarized. Interesting life history events surrounding MZ twin chefs and table tennis players, as well as plans to construct the world's largest twin registry, are presented in the final section.

Twins Reared Apart: Zygotic Division After Artificial Insemination/Twin Research Reviews: Selective Resuscitation of Premature Twins; Scientist Jailed for Editing Twins’ Genes; Sexual Arousal Patterns in MZ Twins Discordant for Sexual Orientation; MZ Twins With Jejuno-Ileal Atresia/Media Reports: Twin Girls’ Search for a Bone Marrow Donor; Puppy with a Possible Parasitic Twin; Twins in Silicon Valley; Surgical Separation of Craniopagus Twins; Twin-Based New Yorker Magazine Cartoon; Twin Tragedies

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-143
Author(s):  
Nancy L. Segal
Keyword(s):  
Bone Marrow ◽  
Sexual Arousal ◽  
Artificial Insemination ◽  
Ileal Atresia ◽  
Twin Research ◽  
Bone Marrow Donor ◽  
Media Reports ◽  
Mz Twins ◽  
Surgical Separation ◽  
Craniopagus Twins

AbstractThis article opens with the brief life histories of reared-apart monozygotic (MZ) male twins. A New York City program that helped childless couples conceive via artificial insemination from the 1930s to the 1950s is examined as it related to these twins. The frequency with which pregnancies following assisted reproductive technology resulted in MZ twin pairs is also provided. Next, summaries of twin research concerning selective resuscitation, gene editing, sexual arousal and jejuno-ileal atresia are presented. The article ends with media reports of twin girls’ efforts to find a bone marrow donor for their father, possible parasitic twinning in a puppy, identical female twins’ business venture, the surgical separation of craniopagus twins, a twin-themed magazine cartoon and tragic events involving identical male twins.

Mastering the New APA Publication Manual: Teaching Techniques

2020 ◽  
pp. 106648072095420
Author(s):  
Loretta Bradley ◽  
Nicole Noble ◽  
Bret Hendricks
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Experiential Learning ◽  
American Psychological Association ◽  
Teaching Techniques ◽  
American Psychological ◽  
Doctoral Level ◽  
Faculty Teaching ◽  
Learning Techniques ◽  
The Many ◽  
Pedagogical Framework

Since the new Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association ( APA Publication Manual, Manual, 2020) can be confusing and sometimes overwhelming for students enrolled in and faculty teaching couple and family classes, this article focuses on a pedagogical framework for assisting students in understanding the new Manual. Specifically, this article focuses on practical ways for faculty to help graduate students, especially doctoral-level students, understand how to successfully implement the content of the manual in their writings. Emphasis is placed on experiential learning techniques, and a 50-item exercise is provided to assess the student’s understanding of the many changes in the 2020 edition of the Manual.

Fool’s Gold: Psychologists Using Disingenuous Reasoning to Mislead Legislatures into Granting Psychologists Prescriptive Authority

2003 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 489-524
Author(s):  
Brent Pollitt
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Nurse Practitioners ◽  
Primary Care Physicians ◽  
American Psychological Association ◽  
The United States ◽  
Psychotropic Medications ◽  
American Psychological ◽  
Training Requirements ◽  
Prescriptive Authority

Mental illness is a serious problem in the United States. Based on “current epidemiological estimates, at least one in five people has a diagnosable mental disorder during the course of a year.” Fortunately, many of these disorders respond positively to psychotropic medications. While psychiatrists write some of the prescriptions for psychotropic medications, primary care physicians write more of them. State legislatures, seeking to expand patient access to pharmacological treatment, granted physician assistants and nurse practitioners prescriptive authority for psychotropic medications. Over the past decade other groups have gained some form of prescriptive authority. Currently, psychologists comprise the primary group seeking prescriptive authority for psychotropic medications.The American Society for the Advancement of Pharmacotherapy (“ASAP”), a division of the American Psychological Association (“APA”), spearheads the drive for psychologists to gain prescriptive authority. The American Psychological Association offers five main reasons why legislatures should grant psychologists this privilege: 1) psychologists’ education and clinical training better qualify them to diagnose and treat mental illness in comparison with primary care physicians; 2) the Department of Defense Psychopharmacology Demonstration Project (“PDP”) demonstrated non-physician psychologists can prescribe psychotropic medications safely; 3) the recommended post-doctoral training requirements adequately prepare psychologists to prescribe safely psychotropic medications; 4) this privilege will increase availability of mental healthcare services, especially in rural areas; and 5) this privilege will result in an overall reduction in medical expenses, because patients will visit only one healthcare provider instead of two–one for psychotherapy and one for medication.

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