Depression in Black Boys Begins Earlier Than You Think
By Aaron Hunt, MS (Graduate Intern, APA Health Disparities Office) and David J. Robles, BA (Graduate Intern, SAMHSA Office of Behavioral...
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donjacques
- May 31, 2018
- 4 min
Is Losing Interest and Motivation Inevitable As We Age?
By Vonetta Dotson, PhD (Associate Professor of Psychology and Gerontology, Georgia State University) Many of us have had the experience...
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donjacques
- Mar 29, 2017
- 4 min
We Lose Too Many Vietnam Veterans to Suicide: Here’s How You Can Help
By Meg Lacy (Doctoral Student, Palo Alto University) As our Vietnam veteran population ages, many may become increasingly vulnerable for...
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donjacques
- Jan 3, 2017
- 4 min
How Mindfulness Can Lower Your Stress and Anxiety in 2017
By Tiffany Chiu (APA Minority Fellowship Program Office Intern and Undergraduate Student at University of California, Irvine) It’s a new...
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donjacques
- Sep 29, 2016
- 3 min
Suffering from Depression is Pointless
By David Palmiter, PhD (Psychology Professor, Marywood University) Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us and...
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donjacques
- Aug 18, 2016
- 4 min
How to Help People with Mental Health Conditions Quit Smoking for Good
By Corinne M. Graffunder, DrPH, MPH (Director of the Office on Smoking and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Rebecca’s...
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donjacques
- Jun 21, 2016
- 5 min
Postpartum Depression and Race: What We All Should Know
By Tanya Burrwell (Assistant Director, APA Women’s Programs Office) “… Mothers are made to feel that a child is the pinnacle of...
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donjacques
- Feb 11, 2016
- 2 min
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...
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donjacques
- May 15, 2015
- 4 min
In Case You Missed It – May 15, 2015 – Black girls matter, abuse of mentally ill prisoners, 40 years
In this week’s In Case You Missed It (a roundup of articles related to psychology, health, mental health and social justice collated from...
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donjacques
- Mar 6, 2015
- 4 min
In Case You Missed It – March 6, 2015
Welcome to our new feature – In Case You Missed It, a weekly roundup of recent news articles related to issues of psychology, health and...
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donjacques
- Oct 27, 2014
- 5 min
John’s Story: How Racism and Classism Operate Within the Mental Health Care System
This post continues our new blog series on poverty. As our nation reflects on its progress in fighting poverty over the last 50 years,...
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donjacques
- Sep 9, 2014
- 4 min
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...
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donjacques
- Aug 27, 2014
- 7 min
“Hate Being Sober”: Lessons from Rap Music to Address Substance Use among African Americ
By Cendrine Robinson, MS (Doctoral Candidate in Medical and Clinical Psychology) Chicago native, rapper Chief Keef’s song Hate Being...
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donjacques
- Aug 12, 2014
- 1 min
Remembering Robin Williams
By Judith M. Glassgold, PsyD (Assoc. Exec. Director, APA’s Public Interest Government Relations Office) The tragic death of Robin...
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donjacques
- May 13, 2014
- 4 min
When Our Sisters Are Hurting…
By Alfiee Breland-Noble, PhD, MHSc (Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Georgetown University Medical Center) Karyn Washington’s...
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donjacques
- Mar 25, 2014
- 6 min
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...
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donjacques
- Nov 1, 2013
- 6 min
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...
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