The Citizen Psychologist Curriculum-Preparing psychologists for public service: The 2018 American Psychological Association Presidential Initiative.

This article describes a curriculum developed as part of the American Psychological Association President Jessica Henderson Daniel's, 2018 Presidential Initiative-The Citizen Psychologist. The curriculum is designed to prepare the next generation of Citizen Psychologists to provide the broadest sense of service as leaders in their communities and in public service psychology. The curriculum prepares the learner to bring psychological knowledge, science, and expertise to bear on existing challenges to improve community well-being locally, nationally, and globally.

Development of clinical practice guidelines.

Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) are intended to improve mental, behavioral, and physical health by promoting clinical practices that are based on the best available evidence. The American Psychological Association (APA) is committed to generating patient-focused CPGs that are scientifically sound, clinically useful, and informative for psychologists, other health professionals, training programs, policy makers, and the public. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) 2011 standards for generating CPGs represent current best practices in the field.

Critical incident stress management and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner: preliminary inquiry.

In critical incidents that involve loss of life, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (ME) is an integral part of the response team. It is the ME who determines the cause of death, explains the circumstances to family survivors, and releases the remains in a timely fashion. In the conduct of the ME's work, addressing the psychological needs of acutely grieving family survivors is important (Kaplan & Sadock, 1998).