By Abigail Luke (Intern, APA Public Interest Government Relations Office) According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the unemployment...

By Ryan C. Thompson & Rowena Gomez, PhD (Palo Alto University) Improving physical health behaviors, such as eating healthy and exercise,...

It’s that time of year again – back to school! Follow along with our newest blog series on prepping your young ones for the new school...

This is the second in a series of weekly blog posts addressing discipline and parenting practices. In this series, we will explore...

By Tiffany Chiu (APA Minority Fellowship Program Office Intern and Undergraduate Student at University of California, Irvine) It’s a new...

By Elaine Ducharme, PhD, ABPP (Clinical Psychologist) The holidays have always been a time of emotion and increased stress. People assume...

By Sharron Hinchliff, PhD (Senior Lecturer, University of Sheffield UK) Every year, on October 1st,  we celebrate the International Day...

By Dawn Henderson, PhD (Associate Professor, North Carolina A&T State University) and Alexis Lunford (Research Assistant) Witnessing or...

By Erlanger A. Turner, PhD (Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Houston-Downtown) & Jasmine Richardson Note: An...

By Robin Gurwitch, PhD Once again our nation is coping with a violent tragedy.  In the aftermath of the Orlando terrorist attack, we find...

Welcome back to In Case You Missed It (our weekly roundup of articles touching on psychology, health, mental health and social justice...

Standing l to r: Greg Sorozan, Ellen Cobb, Ivonne Moreno-Velazquez, Maureen Duffy; Seated l to r: Jessi Eden Brown, David Yamada, Kathy...

This post continues our new blog series on poverty. As our nation reflects on its progress in fighting poverty over the last 50 years,...

This is part of our ongoing series of blog posts about race, racism and law enforcement in communities of color. By April D. Thames, PhD...

By Cendrine Robinson, MS (Doctoral Candidate in Medical and Clinical Psychology) Chicago native, rapper Chief Keef’s song Hate Being...

By Alfiee Breland-Noble, PhD, MHSc (Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Georgetown University Medical Center) Karyn Washington’s...

Photo credit: Flickr – J E Theriot By Edna M. Esnil, PsyD (Member, APA Committee on Women in Psychology) Have you ever felt overwhelmed...

By Debra Roberts, PhD (Howard University) and Sherry Molock, PhD (George Washington University) Several years ago, I was at a national...

“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...