“THEory into ACTion” is a series of cross posts from APA Division 27’s Community Psychology Practice Council blog. “THEory into...

In this blog post, APA President-elect Nadine Kaslow and her colleagues offer parents advice on how to prevent teen suicide. By Nadine J....

The shooting and killing of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed African American teenager, by George Zimmerman, a bicultural (White and Latino)...

By Tina Wolridge (PI Communications Staff) One of the hardest responsibilities of being a parent to a 13 year old girl is explaining the...

By Gwendolyn Puryear Keita, PhD (Executive Director, APA Public Interest Directorate) Psychological research shows that people often...

By Laurie “Lali” McCubbin, PhD (Member, APA Committee on Children, Youth, and Families) A recent Cheerios commercial of a multiracial...

By Kerry Bolger, PhD (Public Interest Government Relations Office) Did you know that the U.S. incarcerates more of its kids per capita...

By Michael Southam-Gerow, PhD (APA Committee on Children, Youth, and Families) More than 4 million children and teens have a serious...

Image courtesy of TED Conference on Flickr By Ashley Boal (Graduate Policy Intern- Public Interest Government Relations Office) Did you...

By Mary Ann McCabe, PhD (Chair, APA Interdivisional Task Force on Child and Adolescent Mental Health) The economic costs to society of...

“I’m so glad to be alive. Every day we are seeing Asian Americans die because of lack of services, stigma and suicide.” Can Truong spoke...

Photo credit: Flickr User Joi Ito By Matthew Miller, PhD (Asst. Professor – University of Maryland, College Park) What do the words...

By Hillary Robertson (APA Behavioral and Social Science Volunteer Program) The transition from adolescence to young adulthood is arguably...

By Ileana Arias, PhD (Principal Deputy Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Last week I was pleased to present a keynote...

By Lauren Fasig, JD, PhD (Director, APA Children, Youth, and Families Office) Suicide touches everyone. Adults, teens, children, parents,...

In honor of National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day, we are cross posting this article with our colleagues at the APA Division 27...

By Jeffrey Segal, PsyD (APA Member and Licensed Psychologist) “What a child learns about violence, a child learns for life….teach...

By Kerry Bolger, PhD (Public Interest Government Relations Office) Federal law protects children in the juvenile justice system from...

By Jennifer Kaminski, PhD (Health Scientist, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and President, APA Section on Child Maltreatment)...

By Lauren Fasig, JD, PhD (Director – Children, Youth, and Families Office) Tragic circumstances are often the catalyst for national...