Serious limitations exist in the delivery of mental health services to refugees throughout the resettlement process. Having survived harrowing physical and psychological traumas prior to reaching refugee camps, many refugees encounter mental health services in overseas camps that are characterized by fragmentation, instability, language barriers, and severe staff shortages. Refugees requiring mental health intervention after resettlement in the United States confront additional barriers, including frequent misdiagnosis, inappropriate use of interpreters and paraprofessionals, and culturally inappropriate treatment methods. Suggestions for improving mental health services for refugee populations emphasize modifying diagnostic assumptions and treatment approaches, recognizing potential problems associated with using interpreters and paraprofessionals, and examining the role of consultation, prevention, and outreach services in addressing refugee mental health concerns.

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice is published bimonthly (beginning in February) by the American Psychological Association. The journal publishes articles on the application of psychology, including the scientific underpinnings of the profession of psychology. Articles that present assessment, treatment, and practice implications are encouraged. Both data-based and theoretical articles on techniques and practices used in the application of psychology are acceptable. The journal also publishes brief reports on research or practice in professional psychology. For more information, including how to subscribe, please visit the journal's Web site at www.apa.org/pubs/journals/pro.

Considerable discussion has occurred through the years regarding models of training. With the recent accreditation of counseling psychology programs espousing the practitioner-scholar model, the importance of reexamining the merits of this as well as the traditional scientist-practitioner is now very important for the future of the field. This article consists of two positions: One pro practitioner-scholar and the other pro scientist-practitioner and con practitioner-scholar. The first position (first part of the article) by Biever, Patterson, and Welch argues for inclusion of the practitioner-scholar model as an alternative for training in counseling psychology. The second position (in the second part of the article) by Stoltenberg, Pace, and Kashubeck reviews concerns with two competing models. These authors conclude that the scientist-practitioner model is a better fit for training in counseling psychology. Recommendations for training within models are presented.

Measurement Feedback Systems (MFS) offer unique opportunities to Couple and Family Psychology. As illustrative examples of true technical innovations, MFS's have the potential to reduce the ever present research–practice gap, dramatically change treatment, assessment, and evidence-based practices. In this manuscript, we review the unique challenges and opportunities offered by MFS along with their limitation and the implications as a foundation for a new vision of Couple and Family Psychology.

This chapter considers specific ethical and legal issues related to the practice of family psychology, focusing first on the special issue of competency for identification as a family psychologist and proceeding to introduce clinical factors from a legal and ethical perspective. Competence in Family PsychologyFamily psychology has been viewed as a distinct field since the inception of APA Division 43, and although its practitioners in psychology proudly identify with its distinctiveness, it is often difficult for others to distinguish it from the larger "family field." The latter includes the profession of family therapy (as embodied in the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy [AAMFT]), the modality of family therapy as practiced by other mental health professionals (social work, professional counseling, nursing, and psychiatry), and others in areas such as family life education, research, and sociology. There is, of course, much overlap, and just as a psychiatrist doing family therapy may be indistinguishable from a social worker practicing a specific type of family therapy, a psychologist trained in a family psychology post-doctoral fellowship may practice in comprehensive areas within the field very similarly to a PhD trained in an AAMFT family therapy program. Nonetheless, advances have been made in defining the specific realm of family psychology, and guidelines and certification actively identify competent family psychology specialists.What, then, is distinctive about ethical practice in family psychology? As in all ethical considerations, it is important to begin with applicable ethics codes, legal guidelines, and The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Family Psychology Edited by James H. Bray and Mark Stanton