01-16-2013 This online Sage publication is the official journal of the Association of Humanistic Psychology. The journal provides an interdisciplinary forum for addressing diverse issues in the areas of personal growth, social problems, interpersonal relations, and philosophical thinking. Founded in 1961 by Abraham Maslow and Anthony Sutich, it maintains close connection with the Saybrook Institute. Topics include authenticity, community, consciousness, creativity, existentialism, holistic health, politics, identity, peace and mediation, self-actualization, self-transcendence, and spiritual development. Features include scholarly articles, experiential reports, analyses, theoretical papers, personal essays, poetry, narratives, news, editorial commentary, and research that emphasizes human scientific methods. The work of notable thinkers such as Rollo May, Carl Rogers, Brewster Smith, Ken Wilber, and James Bugental have appeared in its pages. Special supplements appear periodically with in-depth coverage of topics. Recent issues have covered: nurturing children's well-being;b1a developmental response to trends of overdiagnosis and overmedication; the personality construct of hardiness;b1relationships with the construction of existential meaning in life; ethical implications of the phenomenology, contextuality, and existentiality of emotional trauma; exploration of meaningfulness in auditory hallucinations in schizophrenia; how Colombian human rights activists transform pain into prosocial action; and humanistic psychology and the mental health worker. Students and researchers of philosophy, religion, psychology, and other social sciences will want access to this title. (Woolums, Jill)