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Several abstracts of research studies presented at the 40th Annual Meeting of the Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback held in April 2009 in are presented, including "Novel Approach to Adolescent Physical Activity: Mood-Booster Acute Exercise," "Wellness Programming for First Year Medical Students" and "Repetitive TMS Affects EEG Gamma and ERP During Perceptual Processing in Autism."

This paper examines the protagonist in T.S Eliot's The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock in relation to the existential philosophy of Jean-Paul Sartre and posits further areas for academic enquiry. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Many of the more than 1 million military veterans who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, and/or transgender (LGBT) have encountered "rejecting experiences in the military" and stigma from prior "Don't Ask Don't Tell" policies. Associated minority stress and social isolation have been linked to a disproportionate risk for depression and suicide, as well as a reluctance to seek medical care at Veterans Health Administration (VHA) facilities. This paper describes feasibility and preliminary outcomes of the newly developed, Pride in All Who Served Health Education Group created to meet the unique needs of sexual and gender minority veterans. The 10-week, closed, health education group (e.g., continuums of identity, military culture) enables open dialogue, fosters social connectedness, and empowers veterans to be more effective self-advocates within the healthcare system. Feedback from formative evaluations (n = 29 LGBT veterans and n = 25 VHA stakeholders) was incorporated before conducting a small scale, non-randomized pilot. Preliminary pre-post surveys (n = 18) show promise (i.e., Cohen's d range ± 0.40 to 1.59) on mental health symptoms (depression/anxiety, suicidal ideation), resilience indicators (identity affirmation, community involvement, problem-focused coping), and willingness to access care within the VA system (satisfaction with VA services, perception of staff competence). Results suggest that the 10-week Pride Group may be an effective tool for addressing minority-related stress in LGBT veterans. A full-scale, randomized clinical trial of this intervention is needed to determine short and long-term impacts on clinical and healthcare access-related outcomes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Editor's Note: This paper was presented by one of America's foremost existential psychologists, Ernest Keen, at the 2000 APA Convention in Washington DC. It was presented in a two-man symposium (chaired by Louise Sundararajan) that also featured the late Theodore Sarbin, one of the great narrative psychologists of our time. The simplicity with which Keen reframes both depression and anxiety, utilizing a Heideggerian (and Husserlian) appreciation of temporality within which to situate experiences of sadness and fear, is truly illuminating. We are presenting here for the first time the full and unedited transcript of the reading draft of Ernie's final paper presentation at APA. He would make one more appearance at APA, a year later in San Francisco, to accept the Rollo May Award 'given to an individual for independent and outstanding pursuit of new frontiers in humanistic psychology.' Those of us who knew Ernie can almost hear him speaking to us in the simple rhetoric of his address in this symposium. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

• Perspectives about anxiety-related mental health issues with persistent stuttering. • Perspectives about when to begin early intervention for stuttering. • Perspectives about the issue of early intervention and anxiety. During the 2019 Fourth Croatia Clinical Symposium, speech-language pathologists (SLPs), scholars, and researchers from 29 countries discussed speech-language pathology and psychological practices for the management of early and persistent stuttering. This paper documents what those at the Symposium considered to be the key contemporary clinical issues for early and persistent stuttering. The authors prepared a written record of the discussion of Symposium topics, taking care to ensure that the content of the Symposium was faithfully reproduced in written form. Seven contemporary issues for our field emerged from the Symposium. Effective early intervention is fundamental to proper health care for the disorder. However, as yet, there is no consensus about the timing of early intervention and how it should be managed. Currently, clinical translation is a barrier to evidence-based practice with early stuttering, and proactive strategies were suggested for junior SLPs. Apprehension emerged among some discussants that treatment of early stuttering may cause anxiety. For persistent stuttering, assessment procedures were recommended, as were strategies for dealing with childhood bullying. There was agreement that SLPs are the ideal professionals to provide basic cognitive-behavior therapy for clients with persistent stuttering. Questions were raised about our discipline standards for basic professional preparation programs for stuttering management. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents a paper manifesting the concerns, arguments and thoughts of all who participated in the Summer Institute in the Geographics of Justice (SIGJ) 2007 in Athens, Georgia which was sponsored by "Antipode" and the International Critical Geography Group. It discusses several issues that remain subjects of anxiety for junior and senior scholars including the changing nature of radical geography, while raising various questions regarding the current state of the academy. It briefly described the participants as geographers of justice and radical geographers. It also explains the materials and barriers that shape scholars, likewise the future of radical geographies.

This paper highlights the benefits of regional conferences to the development of undergraduate scholars. Presenting at such conferences helps undergraduates see their work in a different light-as scholarship and not simply coursework. Furthermore, the experience speeds their transformation from consumers to producers of knowledge. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Information about several papers discussed at a seminar of the Society of Practising Veterinary Surgeons (SPVS). The theme of the seminar was happiness. Speakers pointed out the anxiety and depression seemed to have reached epidemic proportions over the past few decades. The seminar featured several veterinarians including Nuala McKeever, Desmond Rice, and Joe Griffin.

The article presents information related to the International Congress on Stress, Anxiety and Emotional Disorders, which will be held on July 1991, in Braga, Portugal. The Congress is organized by the Stress and Anxiety Research Group of the University of Minho, Braga, Portugal. Proposals for symposia, papers, and poster sessions are now being accepted. The program of the congress will be interdisciplinary and will include presentations on psychological, social, biological, and medical approaches to the study and analysis of stress, anxiety and related emotional disorders.