Center for Victims of Torture--Guinea 2004-2005 International Mental Health Team: international humanitarian award

Presents the citation for the Center for Victims of Torture--Guinea 2004-2005 International Mental Health Team, who received the International Humanitarian Award "for their outstanding commitment to the healing of torture victims and to educating the world community about torture and war trauma." A brief profile of the Center is presented, as well as the Center's award address, entitled Trauma Healing in Refugee Camps in Guinea: A Psychosocial Program for Liberian and Sierra Leonean Survivors of Torture and War. ((c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved).     

Mona M. Amer: APA/APAGS award for distinguished graduate student in professional psychology

Presents the citation of Mona M. Amer, who received the APA/APAGS Award for Distinguished Graduate Student in Professional Psychology "for her outstanding and innovative leadership in addressing the mental health needs of Muslim and Arab Americans." A brief profile and a selected bibliography accompany the citation. ((c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved).     

Michael Cole: award for distinguished contributions to the international advancement of psychology

Presents the citation for Michael Cole, who received the Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Psychology "for his significant and influential contributions to understanding the cultural and historical construction of human life and the implications of collective social practices for human development." Accompanying the citation are a brief profile and a selected bibliography, as well as Cole's award address, entitled Internationalism in Psychology: We Need It Now More Than Ever. ((c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved).     

Language is not neutral. Commentary about APA style

Some basic characteristics, not always explicit, of the editorial style proposed by the American Psychological Association (APA), and from the objections posed by some authors who maintain critical positions towards the use of this style, are reviewed, starting with the work of Madigan, Johnson, and Linton (1995) and the subsequent controversy. Starting with this review, problems related to underlying assumptions of the style, with ethical aspects of research, and with the epistemological positions defended by the different traditions of research are discussed. In the conclusions, a simpler differentiation between the scientific-technical and communicative-practical systems of enquiry is proposed, and an explicit commitment, in the text of the report, to the ethical responsibilities derived from the authorship and the development of the research.