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Is the Minimum Wage a Psychological Matter? (Spoiler Alert: Yes)
By Gabriel Twose (Senior Legislative and Federal Affairs Officer, APA Public Interest Government Relations Office) Do you think that the...
donjacques
Nov 6, 20153 min read
Weight and exercise may affect children’s thinking skills, Alzheimer’s link leads to more fina
Welcome back to In Case You Missed It (our weekly roundup of articles touching on psychology, health, mental health and social justice...
donjacques
Nov 2, 20153 min read
Our High School Kids: Tired, Stressed and Bored, Bullied Teens Face Roadblocks to Mental Health Serv
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donjacques
Oct 29, 20153 min read
When Girls Compulsively Text,Their Grades Suffer, Children Treated for Mental Health by Pediatrician
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donjacques
Oct 19, 20153 min read
Did You See That Fight on YouTube™?
By Michael Rees (Senior at Hammond High School) In 2013, almost a quarter of high school students in the U.S. reported that they had been...
donjacques
Oct 16, 20155 min read
GOP Lawmaker in N.H. Seeks Ban on ‘Conversion Therapy,’ PTSD Can Affect Female Vietnam War Vets, Too
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donjacques
Oct 13, 20153 min read
What Can We Do to Improve Bisexuals’ Mental Health?
Tania Israel, PhD right hand corner By Tania Israel, PhD (Professor of Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology, University of...
donjacques
Oct 9, 20153 min read
Jails Are No Place for the Mentally Ill, Flavored Tobacco Lures Kids, Meet Mexico’s 13 Year Ol
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donjacques
Oct 6, 20154 min read
The Mad and Unhappy Place of Public Education for Black and Brown Children in the United States
By Dawn X. Henderson, PhD (Assistant Professor of Psychology, Winston-Salem State University) Some of the lines in the classic 1982...
donjacques
Oct 1, 20156 min read
Poverty’s Impact on Short-Term Decision-Making, Street Harassment, Mass Incarceration and the
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donjacques
Sep 29, 20153 min read
The Difficulty of Transitioning to College for Students with Mental Health Issues, PTSD in WWII Vete
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donjacques
Sep 18, 20154 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
Addressing Biased Policing Through Science-Based Training
This is part of our ongoing series of blog posts about race, racism and law enforcement in communities of color. By Lorie Fridell, PhD...
donjacques
Sep 14, 20155 min read
It’s Time to Rethink Our Detention Policies for Immigrant Families
When you think of the psychological harm that incarceration can cause, what is the first picture that comes to mind? Did you think about...
donjacques
Sep 4, 20153 min read
What Makes People Gay (An Update), Ending Solitary Confinement in California Prisons – In Case
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donjacques
Sep 1, 20154 min read
Adjunct Faculty: Highly Educated, Working Hard for Society, and Struggling To Survive
By Gretchen M. Reevy, PhD (Lecturer, Psychology Department, California State University, East Bay) When we think of people who live below...
donjacques
Aug 24, 20155 min read
We Need to Talk about Money: How Ignoring Socioeconomic Status Hurts Research
By Meagan Sweeney, MA (Graduate Intern, APA Office of Socioeconomic Status) There is a social convention to not talk about money. We...
donjacques
Aug 12, 20154 min read
Money Talks: Social Class at Convention
2015 APA Annual Convention Some of you may know that I serve on CSES. Just in case you have been inundated with acronyms over the last...
donjacques
Aug 11, 20151 min read
Ferguson: One Year Later
2015 APA Annual Convention Sunday marked exactly one year since 18-year-old Michael Brown’s fatal shooting by a police officer in...
donjacques
Aug 10, 20151 min read
Psychologists Address Police Interactions with Boys and Men of Color
2015 APA Annual Convention Do you know that feeling when you hear something really meaningful? For me it often involves a pit in my...
donjacques
Aug 8, 20151 min read
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