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9 Things You Should Know About HIV and Aging
By Maggie Chartier, PsyD and Monica Rivera Mindt, PhD (Members, APA Committee on Psychology and AIDS) By 2015, an estimated one out of...
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Dec 1, 20142 min read
Cruel and (Un)usual Punishment: The Treatment of Transgender Prisoners
By Sabrina Cox, MA, LMSW Zahara Green is a 25-year-old transgender woman who was placed in an all-male prison in May 2012. According to...
donjacques
Nov 20, 20144 min read
How Can We Prevent Bullying? Involve Parents and Start Early
By Michele Knox, PhD and Kimberly Burkhart, PhD Did you know that nationwide, nearly 1 in 3 U.S. students say they have been bullied at...
donjacques
Nov 19, 20143 min read
Memory and Aging: Fears, Fallacies and Facts
By Deborah DiGilio, MPH (Director, APA Office on Aging) Everyone has had the experience of losing their keys, misplacing their wallets,...
donjacques
Nov 18, 20143 min read
Ebola, Thomas Duncan’s Death, and the Biopolitics of Disposability
By Akhenaten B.S. Tankwanchi, PhD Although the word Ebola percolated into the American public consciousness over two decades ago owing to...
donjacques
Nov 17, 20147 min read
Our Invisible Youth: Addressing Disparities in the School-To-Prison Pipeline
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
Nov 14, 20145 min read
Key Research on Poverty Is At Risk: Why You Should Care
By Roberta Downing, PhD (Senior Legislative and Federal Affairs Officer, APA Public Interest Directorate – Government Relations Office)...
donjacques
Nov 13, 20143 min read
Speak Up and Speak Out: Why Psychologists Should Take Up John Lewis’ Call for Immigration Refo
By Melba J. T. Vasquez, PhD, ABPP (2011 Past-President of the American Psychological Association) “You must speak up, you must speak out,...
donjacques
Nov 12, 20143 min read
Why We Can’t Forget Older Homeless Veterans on Veterans Day
By Jack Tsai, PhD (Assistant Professor, Yale School of Medicine) & Lisa M. Brown, PhD (Associate Professor, University of South Florida)...
donjacques
Nov 10, 20144 min read
Heads Up, Health Professionals: 28 Tips for Treating Older Clients
By Megan Carlos, PhD (Member, APA Committee on Disability Issues in Psychology) and Jennifer Moye, PhD (Chair, APA Committee on Aging) On...
donjacques
Nov 6, 20145 min read
How to End the Criminalization of Poverty
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
Nov 4, 20145 min read
Crossing Boundaries: How Intergroup Contact Can Reduce Racial Anxiety and Improve Race Relations
This is part of our ongoing series of blog posts about race, racism and law enforcement in communities of color. By Linda R. Tropp, PhD...
donjacques
Nov 3, 20146 min read
Halloween Costumes: All in Good Fun?
By Efua Andoh and Leslie Cameron (APA Public Interest Directorate Communications Staff) Halloween is meant to be a fun-filled, family...
donjacques
Oct 31, 20144 min read
Intimate Partner Violence and the Bottom Line
By Ramani Durvasula, PhD (Member, APA Committee on Socioeconomic Status) Our memories are short, and the Ray Rice domestic violence...
donjacques
Oct 29, 20144 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,...
donjacques
Oct 27, 20145 min read
How the Mental Drain of Poverty Undermines Economic Opportunity
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
Oct 23, 20145 min read
A War on Children: The Consequences of Poverty on Child Development
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
Oct 21, 20144 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...
donjacques
Oct 17, 20145 min read
What Can Behavioral Economics Tell Us About Depletion and Decision Making?
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
Oct 15, 20144 min read
It Takes a Village to Support the American Dream
This post launches our new blog series on poverty. As our nation reflects on its progress in fighting poverty over the last 50 years,...
donjacques
Oct 9, 20144 min read
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