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Can a Healthy Diet Prevent Dementia? What the Science Says
By Catherine Escher and Rowena Gomez, PhD (Palo Alto University) We all know that eating healthy is good for our bodies as we age, but...
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Apr 1, 20163 min read
Got a Question About Your Kid? Get an Answer Based on Good Science
By Efua Andoh (APA Public Interest Communications Staff) What keeps you up at night? For many parents or caregivers, 9 times out of 10...
donjacques
Mar 30, 20162 min read
Good News for Bilinguals: Knowing Two or More Languages is Good for Your Brain
By Eden Gallanter & Sherry A. Beaudreau, PhD, ABPP Lifestyle plays a huge role in the quality of our memory and other mental abilities,...
donjacques
Feb 18, 20163 min read
Depression Screening Works and Now It Can Work for Pregnant and Postpartum Women
By Amalia Corby-Edwards, MS (Senior Legislative and Federal Affairs Officer, APA Public Interest Directorate) You may not have heard much...
donjacques
Feb 11, 20162 min read
Shackling Pregnant Women Poses Risks to Mother and Fetus
Image source: Flickr user Crawford Learmonth on Flickr, under Creative Commons By Danielle Dallaire, PhD (Associate Professor in the...
donjacques
Dec 29, 20153 min read
How to Get Your Children to Eat Better, Brain’s Signaling Systems Might Determine PTSD Severit
In Case You Missed It (our weekly roundup of articles touching on psychology, health, mental health and social justice issues from...
donjacques
Dec 14, 20153 min read
7 Ways in Which Charlie Sheen Is the Same as Everyone With HIV
iStock.com/Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images. By David Martin, PhD, ABPP (Senior Director, APA Office on AIDS) Charlie Sheen revealed in...
donjacques
Nov 23, 20153 min read
Title X Matters
By Amalia Corby-Edwards (Senior Legislative and Federal Affairs Officer, APA Public Interest Government Relations Office) Over the past...
donjacques
Sep 17, 20152 min read
Challenging Sizism: Health and Weight Don’t Always Equate
By Brandy Smith, PhD (Diversity Coordinator and Interim Training Coordinator at Auburn University Student Counseling Services) Have you...
donjacques
May 27, 20154 min read
Get Into the Act: The Benefits of Volunteering As We Age
By Patricia A. Parmelee, PhD, and Rebecca S. Allen, PhD (Alabama Research Institute on Aging, The University of Alabama) The best way to...
donjacques
May 21, 20155 min read
How Integrated Health Care Benefits You as You Get Older
By Deborah DiGilio, MPH (Director, APA Office on Aging) and Toni Vincent (Graduate Health Communication Intern, APA Center for Psychology...
donjacques
May 18, 20153 min read
APA Joins Coalition to Change Conversation About Mental Health Nationwide
APA CEO Norman B. Anderson, PhD, joined first lady Michelle Obama and other leaders from the mental health community and other groups in...
donjacques
Mar 5, 20153 min read
The Working Sick
By Roberta Downing, PhD (Senior Legislative and Federal Affairs Officer, APA Public Interest Directorate – Government Relations Office)...
donjacques
Jan 21, 20153 min read
Heads Up, Health Professionals: 28 Tips for Treating Older Clients
By Megan Carlos, PhD (Member, APA Committee on Disability Issues in Psychology) and Jennifer Moye, PhD (Chair, APA Committee on Aging) On...
donjacques
Nov 6, 20145 min read
Remembering Robin Williams
By Judith M. Glassgold, PsyD (Assoc. Exec. Director, APA’s Public Interest Government Relations Office) The tragic death of Robin...
donjacques
Aug 12, 20141 min read
Thinking About Getting Tested for HIV? 6 Reasons Why You Should
By David Martin, PhD, ABPP (Senior Director, APA Office on AIDS) June 27 is National HIV Testing Day. The Centers for Disease Control and...
donjacques
Jun 25, 20143 min read
Active, Engaged, Meaningful and Interactive: Putting the “Education” Back in Educational Apps
By Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, PhD and Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, PhD Are you overwhelmed by the host of stimulating digital toys and games...
donjacques
Jun 10, 20145 min read
The Secrets I Learned to Managing Stress
Photo credit: Flickr – J E Theriot By Edna M. Esnil, PsyD (Member, APA Committee on Women in Psychology) Have you ever felt overwhelmed...
donjacques
Apr 22, 20144 min read
Let’s Get Everyone Brushing…Their Minds!
By S. D. Shantinath, DDS, MPH, PhD (Associate Professor of Public Health, A.T. Still University of Health Sciences) What do you get when...
donjacques
Mar 25, 20146 min read
Why Shouldn’t This Bother Us? Mental Illness and the Global Burden of Disease
Dr. Anne Becker of Harvard University’s Medical School Dr. Walker Karraa had the opportunity to interview Dr. Anne Becker (Harvard...
donjacques
Jan 31, 201411 min read
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