Clarifying the American Psychological Association's Guidelines for Boys and Men

To address the ongoing controversy about American Psychological Association's Practice Guidelines for Boys and Men, we want to clarify what these guidelines are, and what they are not.

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The American Psychological Association (APA) is the nation's largest organization of psychologists. It consists of clinicians who treat patients with psychological disorders like depression and anxiety and academics who teach and do psychological research, among other types of psychologists. This fortunate combination of practitioners and scholars has enabled an evidence-based approach to clinical practice. APA has a long history of developing guidelines for psychological practice through collaboration between scientists and practitioners. Practice Guidelines have been developed both for specific groups such as girls and women, older adults, racial and ethnic minority groups, transgender and gender non-conforming people, and sexual minority persons, and for specialized practice areas such as telepsychology or forensic psychology.

The "Guidance for Developers and Users of Professional Practice Guidelines" published by APA defines these guidelines as "designed to guide psychologists in practice with regards to particular roles, populations, or settings and provide them with the current scholarly literature. These guidelines reflect consensus within the field since the very process of guideline development helps to resolve areas of disagreement."

We were both centrally involved in the development of the boys and men practice guidelines over a 13-year period. Furthermore, Dr. Levant was the cofounder of the APA division that produced them and as APA president in 2005 he created the task force to write the guidelines, and Dr. McDermott is the current president of that division.

.https://www.newsweek.com/clarifying-american-psychological-associations-guidelines-boys-men-opinion-1749228

Clarifying the American Psychological Association's Guidelines for Boys and Men

Clarifying the American Psychological Association's Guidelines for Boys and Men

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