Addressing Negative Effects of Psychotherapy During the Informed Consent Process : the Licensed Psychologists\u27 Perspectives

This survey study investigated attitudes and practices of 161 licensed psychologists from a nationwide sample, relative to addressing negative effects of psychotherapy during the informed consent process. Results revealed discrepancies in attitudes toward risk of negative treatment effects in psychotherapy and in addressing risk during the process of informed consent. Information obtained from this study may contribute to research in the area of clinical implementation of the American Psychological Association’s Code of Ethics. Implications for clinical practice are discussed. Limitations of the study and directions for future research are also addressed

Increasing Your Research Impact: Digital Commons and Altmetrics

This presentation will discuss new options for extending your scholarship’s reach and for tracking your scholarly influence. DigitalCommons@WayneState is the University’s institutional repository, where we collect and provide perpetual open access to the intellectual output of WSU. Altmetrics, or “alternative metrics”, is a rising trend in scholarly communication, providing non-traditional metrics for assessing scholarly impact, including Twitter and popular news coverage. Two Wayne State librarians will demonstrate these tools, and explain how they can increase your research impact

High Impact and Open Access: Proven Strategies for Encouraging Faculty to Deposit in your Institutional Repository

Presentation given at the Michigan Library Association Academic Libraries 2013 Conference, detailing the strategy used by the Wayne State University Libraries to make the case for Green Open Access participation by faculty. Outlines the authors\u27 approach to crafting the case for Open Access and deposit using studies supporting OA citation advantage, ISI\u27s JCR and SHERPA/RoMEO, and a library-centered service model for citation review and deposit