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#MakingHistory X ANNIVERSARY EDITION APA THE AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION COMMITTEE FB.COM/MUNUR.ORG/ WWW.UROSARIO.EDU.CO/MUNUR/ GET READY TO MAKE HISTORY Index: WELCOME 4 LETTERS HISTORY OF THE 5 COMMITTEE AND DYNAMICS MENTAL HEALTH AND 8 THE SCHOOL SHOOTING CRISIS 20 GLOSSARY 23 QARMAS MENTAL HEALTH OF THE 24 LGBT+ COMMUNITY AND THE IMPACT OF GENDER ROLES 29 GLOSSARY 30 QARMAS 31 WORKS CITED WELCOME LETTER Hello everyone and welcome to APA. My name is Lisa Wu and I’m excited to be directing the committee with Rodrigo and to be part of this year’s MUNUR experience. I’m in the eighth semester law student in Universidad del Rosario, interested in International Law, Economic Law, and Human Rights. About my MUN experience, I’m a former URDiplomat, representing the university for two consecutive years in the Harvard National Model United Nations. I have had experience in dierent types of committees, never repeating the same one, and chaired in PUJMUN 2018 and COLMUN 2019. I considered myself as a person with a diverse background, raised and born in Bucaramanga but the daughter of Chinese immigrants. Currently, I’m part of the School Council of Universidad del Rosario and teacher assistant in Economic Law. In my free time, I enjoy cooking, reading history, and traveling. Both school shooting crisis and mental health and gender roles in the LGTB+ community topics are not uncommon to us; they may be dierent from each other, but they represent special important groups of study in the mental health sphere. It is necessary to recognize the repercussions of bad mental health care and that each group of society cannot be treated the same way, their needs and problems need dierent solutions. I expect MUNUR 2019 to be a great opportunity to learn and to improve as delegates and people. I strongly believe that what makes a good delegate are academic preparation, diplomacy, creativity, and most important of all, integrity. Best of luck, Lisa Wu [email protected] 4 HISTORY OF THE COMMITTEE AND DYNAMICS: Historical context APA rejected their recommendations, they created the American Psychological Society Supervision of scientic publications: e APA oversees the functioning of over 50 APA was founded by a small group of men in July 1892, after G. Stanley Hall, a professor of (Greenwood, 2017). scientic journals, which are aliated to the American Psychological Association (APA, psychology and president of Clark University invited 26 American psychologists with the n.d.). purpose of creating an organization that promotes “e advancement of psychology as a Today, APA is known as the largest scientic and professional organization representing science.” (Greenwood, 2017). As a result, APA started with 31 members and its rst psychology in the United States with more than 130.000 members including researchers, Maintaining new programs: e Association’s work continues by collaborating with other president hall. educators, clinicians, consultants, and students. (APA, n.d). Its functions are to promote organizations to support and start new programs related to the eld of psychology. ese psychology research and its distribution, to regulate the use of the ocial title of programs promote an active tackling of issues that aect health directly, ranging from However, the group was not completely set until December of 1892, when in the University “psychologist” and publish the ocial style manual “APA style” (Cherry, 2019). situations as diverse as the Psychologically Healthy Workplace Program (APA Center for of Pennsylvania was held the rst meeting that provided the primary governance structure, Organizational Excellence, n.d.) to HIV/AIDS Programs (APA, n.d.). conrmed by a council and an executive committee. In 1926, due to some candidates of membership did not full lled the credentials needed, a class of non-voting membership was Committee Powers and Dynamics: Keeping knowledge valid: is is one of the main functions of the APA, and it promotes formed called “Associate Members”. the excellence of knowledge and its validity through the establishment of conferences. It is important to delimitate what the American Psychological Association can achieve ese are highly specic for the topic areas discussed in the conference (usually branches e importance of APA grew after World War II, the government found that the return of within its jurisdiction, since it will directly impact the powers that the committee will have of psychology), such as the Annual International Dream Conference, which is approved by war veterans would entail better mental health care. In order to do so, the GI Bill created the and the recommendations that it can make. As one of the biggest psychology organizations, the APA. (APA, n.d.). National Institute of Mental Health that helped to increase the interest in psychology. After it is not a surprise that it holds diverse important functions and activities. ese include many years of research, psychology was nally an important eld of science and practice, (Best Counseling Degrees, n.d.): ese, however, are not the only functions that the APA has. Delegates should research other allowing that moment in time to be called “e golden age of psychology” (Fernberger, action mechanisms of the APA to develop proposed policy recommendations, including those 1932). Awarding prominent professionals: e APA bestows multiple awards upon the top required to have a global scope. professionals in the eld of psychology. Among these awards is the Award for In 1944, the organization of APA took a new turn when it was established a divisional structure, Outstanding Lifetime Contributions to Psychology, the top award given by the APA In regard to committee dynamics, the APA’s Council of Representatives is composed of allowing the members to join a special interest group. During decades, dierent practice areas and it designed to reward those that have performed signicant research in the eld. Divisions, representing particular organizations of psychology branches, and State, provincial or have been formed, currently, there are 56 divisions but only 54 are active (APA, n.d). is award has been given to over 25 people up to 2018 (APA, n.d.). territorial organizations. ese council members have full control over the aairs and funds of the organization, as it acts as the legislative body of the Association (APA, n.d.). For the purpose From the beginning of its creation APA went through some adversities. e APA Certication of schools: Accreditation of degree programs, including undergraduate, of our committee, your will be representing these council members and their particular views on membership was intended to be open to all American psychologists and to be inclusive at graduate and doctoral programs, is also one of the functions of the APA. is is a the issues presented. least with religion and gender. Despite this, in the early years, women were not treated the relevant measure to promote excellence in the eld and high standards of psychology same way as men even if they had the same credentials and experience. Additionally, the education. It is not only a manner of controlling the quality of content provided for tension between academic and professional psychologist started to rise. After the war, the students, but a way to ensure organized and successive training by qualied academics were left out of the discussions and started to feel unrepresented, so in 1988 when professionals (Boss, 2010). 5 HISTORY OF THE COMMITTEE AND DYNAMICS: Historical context APA rejected their recommendations, they created the American Psychological Society Supervision of scientic publications: e APA oversees the functioning of over 50 APA was founded by a small group of men in July 1892, after G. Stanley Hall, a professor of (Greenwood, 2017). scientic journals, which are aliated to the American Psychological Association (APA, psychology and president of Clark University invited 26 American psychologists with the n.d.). purpose of creating an organization that promotes “e advancement of psychology as a Today, APA is known as the largest scientic and professional organization representing science.” (Greenwood, 2017). As a result, APA started with 31 members and its rst psychology in the United States with more than 130.000 members including researchers, Maintaining new programs: e Association’s work continues by collaborating with other president hall. educators, clinicians, consultants, and students. (APA, n.d). Its functions are to promote organizations to support and start new programs related to the eld of psychology. ese psychology research and its distribution, to regulate the use of the ocial title of programs promote an active tackling of issues that aect health directly, ranging from However, the group was not completely set until December of 1892, when in the University “psychologist” and publish the ocial style manual “APA style” (Cherry, 2019). situations as diverse as the Psychologically Healthy Workplace Program (APA Center for of Pennsylvania was held the rst meeting that provided the primary governance structure, Organizational Excellence, n.d.) to HIV/AIDS Programs (APA, n.d.). conrmed by a council and an executive committee. In 1926, due to some candidates of membership did not full lled the credentials needed, a class of non-voting membership was Committee Powers and Dynamics: Keeping knowledge valid: is is one of the main functions of the APA, and it promotes formed called “Associate Members”. the excellence of knowledge and its validity through the establishment of conferences. It is important to delimitate what the American Psychological Association can achieve ese are highly specic for the topic areas discussed in the conference (usually branches e importance of APA grew after World War II, the government found that the return of within its jurisdiction, since it will directly impact the powers that the committee will have of psychology), such as the Annual International Dream Conference, which is approved by war veterans would entail better mental health care.