ISU Clinical Psychology PhD Student Wins National Ethics Writing Contest

Clinical psychology doctoral student Ana Stalzer's submission titled "Harm Through Stigma: Commander Notification of Service Members’ Mental Health" to the APA Ethics Committee writing contest was selected as the award-winning manuscript for the 2024 Graduate Student Ethics Writing Competition.

She will be recognized for this award at the annual American Psychology Association conference in Seattle in August 2024 and her paper will be published in the peer reviewed journal Ethics and Behavior.

This paper describes issues in the confidentiality of military services members' mental health and the stigma military service members often face regarding mental health needs. This essay is based on work Ana began in graduate ISU psychology courses in Ethics with Professor Joshua Swift and continued to work on in Advanced Social Psychology with Professor Mona Xu.  The title of the paper is "Harm Through Stigma: Commander Notification of Service Members’ Mental Health."