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What Can We Do to Prevent the Abuse of Children with Disabilities?
By Elizabeth Mazur, PhD (Associate Professor of Psychology, Penn State University) In February 2016, Ethan Okula, a 10 year-old child in...
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Oct 7, 20163 min read
Are You Guilty of Positive Ageism?
By Sharron Hinchliff, PhD (Senior Lecturer, University of Sheffield UK) Every year, on October 1st, we celebrate the International Day...
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Oct 1, 20164 min read
Suffering from Depression is Pointless
By David Palmiter, PhD (Psychology Professor, Marywood University) Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us and...
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Sep 29, 20163 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,...
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Sep 9, 201610 min read
“I’m Not Just Black!”: Exploring Intersections of Identity
By Faye Z. Belgrave, PhD (Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University) and Sarah J. Javier, MS (Doctoral Candidate, Virginia Commonwealth...
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Sep 8, 20165 min read
What Macaque Monkeys Might Tell Us About Our Friendships as We Age
By Geoffrey W. Lane, PhD, ABPP (Geropsychologist) I’d like to spend this blog post talking about a rather decent-sized bombshell that has...
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Sep 7, 20166 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...
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Aug 29, 20165 min read
Why We Should Celebrate Senior Citizens Everyday
By Sheri R. Levy, PhD1, Jamie L. MacDonald1, and Ashley Lytle, PhD2 (1Stony Brook University and 2Stevens Institute of Technology) Have...
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Aug 21, 20165 min read
How to Help People with Mental Health Conditions Quit Smoking for Good
By Corinne M. Graffunder, DrPH, MPH (Director of the Office on Smoking and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Rebecca’s...
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Aug 18, 20164 min read
New CDC Survey Data Confirm the Severe Health Risks LGB Youth Face
By Clinton Anderson, PhD (Director, APA Office on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Concerns) & Lacey Rosenbaum, MEd (Director, APA...
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Aug 11, 20163 min read
It’s Never Too Late to Find Your Inner Athlete
Sports participation offers physical and psychological benefits at any age By Kimberlee Bethany Bonura, PhD In August, when the 2016...
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Jul 26, 20163 min read
Why Evidence-Based Community Policing Needs to be the Norm, Not an Exception
By Susan H. McDaniel, PhD Longstanding tensions between police and communities of color have reached a boiling point in the United...
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Jul 18, 20163 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...
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Jul 14, 20165 min read
Why Did the FDA Prevent Gay and Bisexual Men from Donating Blood in the Aftermath of Orlando?
By Leo Rennie (Senior Legislative and Federal Affairs Officer, APA Public Interest Government Relations Office) Understanding the...
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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,...
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Jul 12, 20164 min read
Starting a Conversation: How We Can Reduce Health Disparities Among Older Adults
By Heather Plakosh, MA (Doctoral Candidate in Counseling Psychology, Chatham University) & Jennifer Q. Morse, PhD (Associate Professor of...
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Jul 7, 20164 min read
Why HIV Providers Should Care About the Orlando Shooting
By David J. Martin, PhD, ABPP (Senior Director, APA Office on AIDS) In the aftermath of the mass shooting of LGBT people in an Orlando...
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Jul 1, 20164 min read
100+ Resources for the Aftermath of the Orlando Mass Shooting Tragedy
By Skyler Jackson, MS (Doctoral Student in Counseling Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park) On June 12, 2016 rapid gunfire...
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Jun 29, 20166 min read
Firearm Violence Prevention is a Human Rights Issue
APA President) and Cynthia D. Belar, PhD (APA Interim CEO) June 28 is the anniversary of the Stonewall riots, which launched lesbian and...
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Jun 27, 20163 min read
PrEP: One Essential Tool in the HIV Prevention Toolkit
June 27 is National HIV Testing Day. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend that all patients seen in healthcare...
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Jun 24, 20165 min read
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