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In Case You Missed It – March 13, 2015
Welcome to In Case You Missed It, a weekly roundup of news articles related to issues of psychology, health and mental health, social...
donjacques
Mar 13, 20156 min read
Invisibility Squared: The Challenges of Living as a Transgender Older Adult
By Tarynn Witten, PhD, LCSW (Member, APA Division 44*) & Brian Carpenter, PhD (Member, APA Committee on Aging) The award-winning Amazon...
donjacques
Mar 9, 20157 min read
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...
donjacques
Mar 6, 20154 min read
APA Joins Coalition to Change Conversation About Mental Health Nationwide
APA CEO Norman B. Anderson, PhD, joined first lady Michelle Obama and other leaders from the mental health community and other groups in...
donjacques
Mar 5, 20153 min read
Justice for All… Experiences of Undocumented Youth with Law Enforcement
This is part of our ongoing series of blog posts about race, racism and law enforcement in communities of color. By J. Manuel Casas, PhD...
donjacques
Mar 3, 20155 min read
In Case You Missed It – February 27, 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...
donjacques
Feb 27, 20154 min read
APA and Sexual Minorities: Removing the Stigma, 40 Years On
By Gregory M. Herek, PhD (Professor of Psychology, UC Davis) Not so long ago, homosexuality was triply stigmatized. In addition to being...
donjacques
Feb 3, 20153 min read
4 Tips for Preventing and Coping with HIV-Related Short-Term Memory Loss
By Julie Ann Zuniga, PhD, RN (Protégé, APA Cyber Mentors Program) Have you ever forgotten where you put your keys? Or looked around for...
donjacques
Jan 29, 20152 min read
How Psychologists Are Working to Eradicate Human Trafficking
By Paola M. Contreras, PsyD (Member, APA Task Force on Trafficking of Women and Girls) January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month – an...
donjacques
Jan 26, 20156 min read
The Working Sick
By Roberta Downing, PhD (Senior Legislative and Federal Affairs Officer, APA Public Interest Directorate – Government Relations Office)...
donjacques
Jan 21, 20153 min read
Practice to Policy: How Louisiana Revamped Its Approach to Preschool
By Sherryl Heller, PhD (Associate Professor, Tulane University School of Medicine) and Allison Boothe, PhD (Assistant Professor, Tulane...
donjacques
Jan 8, 20155 min read
Black (Women’s?) Lives Matter: Microaggression and the Erasure of Violence Against Women of Color
This is part of our ongoing series of blog posts about race, racism and law enforcement in communities of color. By LisaLyn Jacobs, JD...
donjacques
Dec 30, 20147 min read
Can Preschool Expulsion Be Prevented? A Growing Body of Research Says Yes!
By Deborah F. Perry, PhD (Associate Professor, Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development) When Dr. Walter Gilliam...
donjacques
Dec 23, 20145 min read
Challenging Words and Labels: How Should We Refer to Disability?
By Dana S. Dunn, PhD (Professor of Psychology and Assistant Dean for Special Projects, Moravian College) How should we talk about...
donjacques
Dec 18, 20143 min read
How One Little Brother Became a HERO to His Transgender Sister
By Bob McLaughlin, PhD, Becca Keo-Meier, Colt Keo-Meier, PhD, and Robbie Sharp, PhD (APA Members and Founders of Gender Infinity)...
donjacques
Dec 17, 20145 min read
Equity and Excellence in the Earliest Years: Action on Expulsion and Suspension in Early Childhood S
By Shantel Meek, PhD (Policy Advisor for Early Childhood Development, Administration for Children and Families) Psychologists,...
donjacques
Dec 16, 20142 min read
It’s Not Just Us: We Can’t Fight Poverty Without Collaboration
This post continues our new blog series on poverty. As our nation reflects on its progress in fighting poverty over the last 50 years,...
donjacques
Dec 15, 20144 min read
What Could Make Less Sense than Expelling a Preschooler?
By Walter S. Gilliam, PhD (Director, The Edward Zigler Center in Child Development and Social Policy, Yale University) There are some...
donjacques
Dec 13, 20145 min read
What Every Parent Should Know About Timeouts
By Alan E. Kazdin, PhD (Director, Yale Parenting Center) & Lauren G. Fasig Caldwell, JD, PhD (Director, APA Children, Youth, and Families...
donjacques
Dec 10, 20146 min read
Counting Down Our Top 5 Blog Posts
By Efua Andoh (Public Interest Communications Staff) This is our 150th post and given that it is the end of the year, we would like to...
donjacques
Dec 8, 20145 min read
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