Feb 19, 20196 min read

The Work Is Never Done: Mental Health, Mass Incarceration, and African American Custodial Grandparen

By Frances Adomako, Ed.M (Counseling Psychology Doctoral Student, Howard University) Traditionally, African American grandparents have...

Hit, Hurt, and Distressed: How Violence and Trauma Put Women at Risk of Incarceration

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Jul 24, 20186 min read

Hit, Hurt, and Distressed: How Violence and Trauma Put Women at Risk of Incarceration

This is the first in a series of blog posts on the issue of violence against women and girls. The blog series is brought to you by the...

Families Belong Together: 4 Reasons Why Family Separations Are So Harmful

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Jul 3, 20185 min read

Families Belong Together: 4 Reasons Why Family Separations Are So Harmful

By Kalina Brabeck, PhD, & Christina M. Rodriguez, PhD (APA Committee on Children, Youth, and Families) Any parent with a child in daycare...

The Cost of Being Poor in a Warming World

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Jun 5, 20185 min read

The Cost of Being Poor in a Warming World

By Ashley Charest, MSPH (Health Policy Analyst Associate, Maryland Department of Health) If you don’t feel the impacts of climate change...

What’s Going On? How We Can Confront Child Sexual Abuse in America

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May 12, 20175 min read

What’s Going On? How We Can Confront Child Sexual Abuse in America

By Karen Ethridge, PhD, & Tonya Davis, PhD (Alabama A&M University) The child welfare system is charged with promoting the wellbeing of...

We Lose Too Many Vietnam Veterans to Suicide: Here’s How You Can Help

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Mar 29, 20174 min read

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...

Historical Trauma in the Present: Why APA Cannot Remain Silent on the Dakota Access Pipeline

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Nov 16, 20163 min read

Historical Trauma in the Present: Why APA Cannot Remain Silent on the Dakota Access Pipeline

By Susan H. McDaniel, PhD (2016 APA President) Protesters being marked with numbers, put in dog kennels and shot with rubber bullets....

9 Ways to Talk to Your Kids about the 15th Anniversary of September 11

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Sep 9, 201610 min read

9 Ways to Talk to Your Kids about the 15th Anniversary of September 11

By Robin Gurwitch, PhD The assassination of John F. Kennedy. The explosion of the Challenger. The terrorist attacks of September 11,...

We Need to Talk About How Race-Related Trauma Hurts Black and Brown Youth in Schools

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Aug 29, 20165 min read

We Need to Talk About How Race-Related Trauma Hurts Black and Brown Youth in Schools

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

Racial Trauma is Real: The Impact of Police Shootings on African Americans

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Jul 14, 20165 min read

Racial Trauma is Real: The Impact of Police Shootings on African Americans

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

How to Talk to Our Kids about the Tragic Shootings in Louisiana, Minnesota and Dallas

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Jul 12, 20164 min read

How to Talk to Our Kids about the Tragic Shootings in Louisiana, Minnesota and Dallas

By Robin Gurwitch, PhD Families around the country are coming together to talk about the officer-involved shootings in Louisiana,...

Responding to the Tragedy in Orlando: Helpful Responses for LGBTQ People and Allies

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Jun 14, 20164 min read

Responding to the Tragedy in Orlando: Helpful Responses for LGBTQ People and Allies

By Glenda Russell, PhD What took place in Orlando on the morning of June 12, 2016 was a hate crime and an act of terror. In one sense,...

7 Ways to Talk to Children and Youth about the Shootings in Orlando

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Jun 13, 20165 min read

7 Ways to Talk to Children and Youth about the Shootings in Orlando

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

In Case You Missed It – May 22, 2015 – Racial double standard in Waco coverage, suicide

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May 22, 20155 min read

In Case You Missed It – May 22, 2015 – Racial double standard in Waco coverage, suicide

In this week’s In Case You Missed It (a roundup of articles related to psychology, health, mental health and social justice collated from...

ACT in Japan: Bridging Cultures to Help Families Raise Children without Violence

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Apr 15, 20153 min read

ACT in Japan: Bridging Cultures to Help Families Raise Children without Violence

April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. This is the third in a series of posts about APA’s ACT Raising Safe Kids (ACT-RSK)...

John’s Story: How Racism and Classism Operate Within the Mental Health Care System

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Oct 27, 20145 min read

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,...

Close to Home: A Psychologist Reflects on Providing Crisis Counseling in Ferguson

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Oct 17, 20145 min read

Close to Home: A Psychologist Reflects on Providing Crisis Counseling in Ferguson

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

“Hate Being Sober”: Lessons from Rap Music to Address Substance Use among African Americ

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Aug 27, 20147 min read

“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...

THEory into ACTion: Addressing the Needs of Violence-Exposed Youth in Chicago

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Oct 2, 20132 min read

THEory into ACTion: Addressing the Needs of Violence-Exposed Youth in Chicago

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

Finding Silver Linings After the Boston Marathon Bombings

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May 6, 20134 min read

Finding Silver Linings After the Boston Marathon Bombings

By Eddy Ameen, PhD – Assistant Director, American Psychological Association of Graduate Students (APAGS) During the four years that I...

The Work Is Never Done: Mental Health, Mass Incarceration, and African American Custodial Grandparen

Hit, Hurt, and Distressed: How Violence and Trauma Put Women at Risk of Incarceration

Families Belong Together: 4 Reasons Why Family Separations Are So Harmful

The Cost of Being Poor in a Warming World

What’s Going On? How We Can Confront Child Sexual Abuse in America

We Lose Too Many Vietnam Veterans to Suicide: Here’s How You Can Help

Historical Trauma in the Present: Why APA Cannot Remain Silent on the Dakota Access Pipeline

9 Ways to Talk to Your Kids about the 15th Anniversary of September 11

We Need to Talk About How Race-Related Trauma Hurts Black and Brown Youth in Schools

Racial Trauma is Real: The Impact of Police Shootings on African Americans

How to Talk to Our Kids about the Tragic Shootings in Louisiana, Minnesota and Dallas

Responding to the Tragedy in Orlando: Helpful Responses for LGBTQ People and Allies

7 Ways to Talk to Children and Youth about the Shootings in Orlando

In Case You Missed It – May 22, 2015 – Racial double standard in Waco coverage, suicide

ACT in Japan: Bridging Cultures to Help Families Raise Children without Violence

John’s Story: How Racism and Classism Operate Within the Mental Health Care System

Close to Home: A Psychologist Reflects on Providing Crisis Counseling in Ferguson

“Hate Being Sober”: Lessons from Rap Music to Address Substance Use among African Americ

THEory into ACTion: Addressing the Needs of Violence-Exposed Youth in Chicago

Finding Silver Linings After the Boston Marathon Bombings

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