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AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION IS A NATIONAL MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATION CREATED TO PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT, COMMUNICATION, AND APPLICATION OF PSYCHOLOGICAL (CONTINUED ON SCH O)

APA PUBLISHING IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DISSEMINATION OF PSYCHOLOGICAL INFORMATION WORLDWIDE. INFORMATION DISSEMINATION PROJECTS INCLUDE 90 SCHOLARLY JOURNALS, TWO NEWSLETTERS, A BOOK AND VIDEO PUBLISHING PROGRAM, SEVEN ELECTRONIC DATABASE PRODUCTS, AND HIGHER EDUCATION DIGITAL LEARNING SOLUTIONS. IN 2019, THE APA JOURNALS PROGRAM PUBLISHED MORE THAN 5,200 ARTICLES IN 510 JOURNAL ISSUES. APA OPEN WAS CREATED IN 2019 AS AN INNOVATIVE PLATFORM FOR OPEN ACCESS JOURNALS. THE FIRST JOURNAL ON THIS PLATFORM IS TECHNOLOGY, MIND AND BEHAVIOR. BY THE END OF 2019, PSYCARTICLES, THE ELECTRONIC DATABASE PRODUCT CONTAINING FULL-TEXT JOURNAL CONTENT, CONTAINED OVER 214,367 ARTICLE RECORDS, DATING BACK TO 1894. DURING 2019, APA PUBLISHED 66 BOOK TITLES IN A VARIETY OF FORMATS SPANNING THE BREADTH AND DEPTH OF PSYCHOLOGY. MAGINATION PRESS, APAS CHILDRENS BOOK IMPRINT, RELEASED 21 NEW TITLES, SEVERAL OF WHICH WON MULTIPLE AWARDS AND HONORS. IN 2019, APAS ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL BOOKS PROGRAM PUBLISHED THE 7TH EDITION OF THE PUBLICATION MANUAL, 2 REFERENCE HANDBOOKS, 3 STUDENT RESOURCE TITLES, AND 39 SCHOLARLY OR PROFESSIONAL TITLES. APA ALSO RELEASED 15 INDIVIDUAL VIDEO TITLES AND ADDED 24 NEW PSYCHOTHERAPY DEMONSTRATION VIDEOS TITLES. AT THE END OF 2019, THE PSYCBOOKS DATABASE CONTAINED 71,294 BOOK AND CHAPTER RECORDS. MORE THAN 150,000 RECORDS WERE RELEASED INTO THE PSYCINFO DATABASE IN 2019, BRINGING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF RECORDS IN THE DATABASE TO MORE THAN 4.7 MILLION, AND THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CITED REFERENCES IN THE DATABASE TO ALMOST 118 MILLION. THE NUMBER OF JOURNALS COVERED BY PSYCINFO AT THE END OF 2019 WAS 2,291 27 NEW JOURNALS WERE ADDED. PSYCINFO ALSO INCLUDES THE METADATA RECORDS FOR THE PSYCARTICLES AND PSYCBOOKS DATABASES. PSYCTESTS, THE RESEARCH DATABASE ON PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS, MEASURES, SCALES, SURVEYS AND OTHER ASSESSMENTS, GREW BY 3,924 NEW RECORDS TOTALING MORE THAN 58,894 RECORDS AT THE END OF 2019. IN THE SPRING OF 2019, APA LAUNCHED PSYCLEARN: RESEARCH METHODS ON CAMPUSES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. PSYCLEARN IS AN IMMERSIVE DIGITAL LEARNING EXPERIENCE THAT USES INTERACTIVE TECHNOLOGY TO DELIVER PERSONALIZED CONTENT TO UNDERGRADUATE PSYCHOLOGY STUDENTS.

THE APA MEMBERSHIP OFFICE INCLUDES MEMBERSHIP MARKETING, DATA OPERATIONS, CUSTOMER SERVICE, DIVISION SERVICES, AND MEDIA AND EVENTS. THE FOCUS OF THE OFFICE IS TO RECRUIT, RETAIN AND ENGAGE MEMBERS THROUGH A VARIETY OF EFFORTS INCLUDING INTEGRATED CAMPAIGNS EMPLOYING A MIX OF DIGITAL AND TRADITIONAL CHANNELS. MEMBER ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS FOCUS PRIMARILY ON CONDUCTING RESEARCH TO UNDERSTAND MEMBER NEEDS, AND THEN DELIVERING CONTENT, PRODUCTS, SERVICES, AND EXPERIENCES THAT ADD VALUE TO EACH MEMBERSHIP. DIVISION SERVICES PROVIDES OPERATIONAL SUPPORT AND SERVICES FOR APAS 54 DIVISIONS WHICH ARE INTEREST GROUPS ORGANIZED BY MEMBERS. MEDIA AND EVENTS ENABLES ADVERTISERS, SPONSORS, EXHIBITORS, AND STRATEGIC ALLIANCES TO REACH PSYCHOLOGISTS THROUGH APAS UNIQUE CHANNELS. AT THE END OF 2019, APA HAD 121,345 TOTAL MEMBERS AND AFFILIATES.

THE APA EDUCATION DIRECTORATE PLAYED A STRONG ROLE IN THE AREA OF QUALITY ASSURANCE FOR THE 1,201 ACCREDITED PROGRAMS IN HEALTH SERVICE PSYCHOLOGY. THE DIRECTORATE ALSO PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN SHAPING THE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE OF TOMORROW'S PSYCHOLOGISTS AND IN PROVIDING CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION FOR TODAY'S PRACTITIONER. CONTINUING EDUCATION IS OFFERED THROUGH 400 PROGRAMS ON A VARIETY OF TOPICS AND FORMATS INCLUDING WEB DELIVERED, BOOK-BASED AND JOURNAL ARTICLE-BASED PROGRAMS. THERE ARE CURRENTLY OVER 800 APPROVED SPONSORS OF CONTINUING EDUCATION.