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When Will We Face the Facts about Suicide in Older Men?
By Amy Fiske, PhD (Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology, West Virginia University) Missing the Group Most at Risk This is National...
Don Jacques
Sep 9, 20144 min read


How Can Psychologists Help Men and Boys?
2014 APA Annual Convention At the session, members of APA’s working group on health disparities in boys and men discussed reasons why...
Don Jacques
Aug 11, 20141 min read


How Can Psychologists Help Reduce Health Disparities in America?
2014 APA Annual Convention Presenter David Williams, PhD, of Harvard University explained that these striking racial disparities often...
Don Jacques
Aug 8, 20141 min read


When Our Sisters Are Hurting…
By Alfiee Breland-Noble, PhD, MHSc (Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Georgetown University Medical Center) Karyn Washington’s...
Don Jacques
May 13, 20144 min read


7 Things Everyone Should Know About the Impact of HIV/AIDS on Women and Girls
By Efua Andoh (Public Interest Communications) Women and girls living with HIV in America are mothers, daughters, sisters, and friends....
Don Jacques
Mar 10, 20144 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...
Don Jacques
Jan 31, 201411 min read


Health Shouldn’t Require Wealth: How ACA Increases Coverage of the Uninsured
By Judith M. Glassgold, PsyD (Assoc. Exec. Director, APA’s Public Interest Government Relations Office) According to the US Census,...
Don Jacques
Jan 23, 20144 min read


This Is Your Brain on Drug Education
By Carl Hart, PhD (Associate Professor of Psychology, Columbia University) A man holds up an egg and says, “This is your brain.” Then,...
Don Jacques
Jan 17, 20145 min read


What We Miss When We Talk About Depression in Unemployed African Americans
Dr. Bowleg talks with an attendee at the 2013 Congressional Black Caucus Legislative Conference By Lisa Bowleg, PhD (Professor of Applied...
Don Jacques
Nov 1, 20136 min read


What’s Faith Got to Do with It? Churches as Partners in Ending Mental Health Disparities
By Alfiee Breland-Noble, PhD, MHSc. (Georgetown University Medical Center) In the past few years, we have seen tremendous growth in the...
Don Jacques
Jul 9, 20133 min read


THEory Into ACTion: Creating Systems Change in Mississippi
Our “THEory into ACTion” series continues with this cross post from APA Division 27’s Community Psychology Practice Council blog. The...
Don Jacques
Jun 19, 20131 min read


How Do Family Expectations and Stress Affect Asian American Mental Health?
“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...
Don Jacques
May 31, 20133 min read
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