APA Access | January 14, 2014

APA Div. 18 hosts webinar series on gun violence

The series of three hourlong live webinars features speakers from the division’s fall conference on the prediction and prevention of violence.

APA Div. 18, Psychologists in Public Service, is hosting a series of three hourlong live webinars on gun violence this month. Each presentation features a speaker from the division’s fall conference, “Prediction and Prevention of Violence in America.”  The topics are:

Preventing Targeted Violence: An Approach to Threat Assessment Ideas and Cases for Consideration
Jan. 15, 1-2 p.m.
Robert Fein, PhD, ABPP

Mental Health and Gun Violence: Myths and Realities
Jan. 22, 3-4 p.m.
Joel Dvoskin, PhD, ABPP

The Changing Face of Violence in America
Jan. 29, 3-4 p.m.
Ellen Scrivner, PhD, ABPP

Interested individuals can register online. Each webinar is free to Div. 18 members and affiliates not requesting continuing education credit; fees vary for nonmembers and those requesting credit.