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Let’s Get Everyone Brushing…Their Minds!
By S. D. Shantinath, DDS, MPH, PhD (Associate Professor of Public Health, A.T. Still University of Health Sciences) What do you get when...
donjacques
Mar 25, 20146 min read
When Policy Gets Under the Skin (In a Good Way): The Case of LGBT Health
By Caroline Fitz, MPhil (Graduate Student Intern, APA Public Interest Government Relations Office) In what percentage of states do you...
donjacques
Mar 24, 20143 min read
40 Years Strong: APA’s Committee on Women in Psychology Made History
By Joan C. Chrisler, PhD, 2013 Chair of APA’s Committee on Women in Psychology It may be hard to imagine now, but before the creation of...
donjacques
Mar 17, 20142 min read
Barbie as a Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Model? Our Girls (and Boys) Deserve Better
By Eileen Zurbriggen, PhD (Professor of Psychology, University of California, Santa Cruz) and Tomi-Ann Roberts, PhD (Professor of...
donjacques
Mar 11, 20144 min read
7 Things Everyone Should Know About the Impact of HIV/AIDS on Women and Girls
By Efua Andoh (Public Interest Communications) Women and girls living with HIV in America are mothers, daughters, sisters, and friends....
donjacques
Mar 10, 20144 min read
Let Us Care for Ourselves and Our Loved Ones
We are honored to publish this guest post by Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro on the need for paid family and medical leave. By U.S....
donjacques
Mar 5, 20143 min read
21 Microaggressions in Photos
Our fellow APA blog for graduate psychology students, GradPsych Blog, has a great post up about the various types of microaggressions...
donjacques
Mar 4, 20141 min read
Girls Interrupted: Why Colleges Shouldn’t Recruit Athletes Before High School
By Suniya S. Luthar, PhD (Foundation Professor of Psychology at Arizona State University) Viewed against the backdrop of developmental...
donjacques
Feb 27, 20144 min read
3 Components of Rape Culture and What You Can Do to Fight Back
By Christin P. Bowman, MS, MA (Doctoral student in Critical Social-Personality Psychology at The Graduate Center, City University of New...
donjacques
Feb 18, 20144 min read
Stop Saying “That’s So Gay!”: 6 Types of Microaggressions That Harm LGBTQ People
By Kevin L. Nadal, PhD (Associate Professor of Psychology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice – City University of New York) When I...
donjacques
Feb 7, 20149 min read
Thank You, President Obama, for Addressing Stigma Against the Long-term Unemployed
By Roberta Downing, PhD (Senior Legislative and Federal Affairs Officer, APA Public Interest Directorate – Government Relations Office)...
donjacques
Feb 4, 20143 min read
Why Shouldn’t This Bother Us? Mental Illness and the Global Burden of Disease
Dr. Anne Becker of Harvard University’s Medical School Dr. Walker Karraa had the opportunity to interview Dr. Anne Becker (Harvard...
donjacques
Jan 31, 201411 min read
Working Full-Time and Still Living in Poverty
Photo Credit: Walmart Corporate via Compfight By Roberta Downing, PhD (Senior Legislative and Federal Affairs Officer, APA Public...
donjacques
Jan 29, 20143 min read
Health Shouldn’t Require Wealth: How ACA Increases Coverage of the Uninsured
By Judith M. Glassgold, PsyD (Assoc. Exec. Director, APA’s Public Interest Government Relations Office) According to the US Census,...
donjacques
Jan 23, 20144 min read
This Is Your Brain on Drug Education
By Carl Hart, PhD (Associate Professor of Psychology, Columbia University) A man holds up an egg and says, “This is your brain.” Then,...
donjacques
Jan 17, 20145 min read
50 Years After the War on Poverty: Looking Beyond Success or Failure
By Roberta Downing, PhD (Senior Legislative and Federal Affairs Officer, APA Public Interest Directorate – Government Relations Office)...
donjacques
Jan 8, 20145 min read
Why I Went to Washington, DC
Photo credit: William Marlow (www.willmarlow.com) via Compfight By Joshua Wolff, PhD (APA Congressional Fellow) Have you ever thought...
donjacques
Dec 27, 20133 min read
Not So Happy Holidays for the Unemployed
Photo credit: The Patron Saint via Compfight By Roberta Downing, PhD (Senior Legislative and Federal Affairs Officer, APA Public Interest...
donjacques
Dec 19, 20133 min read
How Can Gun Violence Be Prevented? 5 Findings from APA’s New Report
By Efua Andoh (APA Public Interest Directorate Communications Staff) The horrific shootings around the country (e.g., Newtown, CT; Fort...
donjacques
Dec 12, 20132 min read
“I Don’t Understand My Children”: Addressing Acculturation Stress in Latino Families
By Carmen Valdez, PhD (Member, APA Committee on Children, Youth, and Families) When many Latino immigrant parents say, “I don’t...
donjacques
Dec 9, 20134 min read
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