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Good News for Bilinguals: Knowing Two or More Languages is Good for Your Brain
By Eden Gallanter & Sherry A. Beaudreau, PhD, ABPP Lifestyle plays a huge role in the quality of our memory and other mental abilities,...
donjacques
Feb 18, 20163 min read
Why Does HIV Impact African American Women Harder Than Everyone Else and What Can You Do to Help?
By Leo Rennie, MPA (Senior Legislative & Federal Affairs Officer, APA Public Interest) February 7th marked the annual observance of...
donjacques
Feb 12, 20163 min read
Depression Screening Works and Now It Can Work for Pregnant and Postpartum Women
By Amalia Corby-Edwards, MS (Senior Legislative and Federal Affairs Officer, APA Public Interest Directorate) You may not have heard much...
donjacques
Feb 11, 20162 min read
We’re Lucky If We Get to Be Old, Scientists Move Closer to Understanding Schizophrenia’s Cause, For
Welcome back to In Case You Missed It (our weekly roundup of articles touching on psychology, health, mental health and social justice...
donjacques
Feb 5, 20163 min read
Penalizing the Poor and Homeless: Psychology’s Contribution
Image source: Flickr user ccozzaglia [Astrid Idlewild] on Flickr, under Creative Commons By Maha Khalid (Program Coordinator, Office on...
donjacques
Jan 22, 20162 min read
Are the Mentally Ill Being Unfairly Targeted by the FBI’s Gun List? The Mysterious Link Between Auti
Welcome back to In Case You Missed It (our weekly roundup of articles touching on psychology, health, mental health and social justice...
donjacques
Jan 20, 20162 min read
The Choice No Parent Should Have to Make: The Case for Paid Family Leave
Image source: Flickr user Laurinda on Flickr, under Creative Commons By Sara Buckingham (PhD candidate in Clinical Psychology and...
donjacques
Jan 13, 20164 min read
Psychology in the Public Interest
“We do a good job of creating knowledge, but we’re not as effective in communicating and applying that knowledge,” said Executive...
donjacques
Jan 8, 20161 min read
How to Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions, Seeking the Gears of Our Inner Clock, The Real Victims of V
Welcome back to In Case You Missed It (our weekly roundup of articles touching on psychology, health, mental health and social justice...
donjacques
Jan 8, 20163 min read
Shackling Pregnant Women Poses Risks to Mother and Fetus
Image source: Flickr user Crawford Learmonth on Flickr, under Creative Commons By Danielle Dallaire, PhD (Associate Professor in the...
donjacques
Dec 29, 20153 min read
Does Fatigue Among U.S. Workers Contribute to a Lackluster Post-“Great Recession” Come-back?
Image source: Flickr user Adam Tinworth on Flickr, under Creative Commons By Bengt B. Arnetz, MD, PhD, MScEpi, MPH (Professor of Family...
donjacques
Dec 17, 20153 min read
How to Get Your Children to Eat Better, Brain’s Signaling Systems Might Determine PTSD Severit
In Case You Missed It (our weekly roundup of articles touching on psychology, health, mental health and social justice issues from...
donjacques
Dec 14, 20153 min read
Creating New Holiday Traditions: 10 Questions to Ask Your Older Relatives
iStock.com/Photo by FangXiaNuo/Getty Images. By Kimberly E. Hiroto, PhD (Clinical Geropsychologist, VA Puget Sound Health Care System,...
donjacques
Dec 10, 20153 min read
New KFF/CNN Survey on Race, Covering Transgender Care Is Good Economics for Insurance Companies, Mak
Welcome back to In Case You Missed It (our weekly roundup of articles touching on psychology, health, mental health, and social justice...
donjacques
Dec 8, 20153 min read
Can a Bystander Make a Difference in Sexual Assault Prevention?
Image source: Flickr user bitsorf: Thank you 1,500,000 times on Flickr, under Creative Commons By Amy Zavadil , PhD (Associate Dean for...
donjacques
Dec 1, 20154 min read
7 Ways in Which Charlie Sheen Is the Same as Everyone With HIV
iStock.com/Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images. By David Martin, PhD, ABPP (Senior Director, APA Office on AIDS) Charlie Sheen revealed in...
donjacques
Nov 23, 20153 min read
Tipping Point or State of Emergency? Real Talk About Transgender Women of Color
Zella Ziona, transgender woman murdered in Gaithersburg, MD, October 15, 2015. By Sand C. Chang, PhD (Gender Specialist, Multi-Specialty...
donjacques
Nov 20, 20154 min read
Utah Judge Drops Order on Lesbians’ Foster Child, Black Students Around U.S. Complain of Casual Ever
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donjacques
Nov 19, 20153 min read
Surprise! Caregiving Helps the Caregiver, Too
“Dancing” by fairfaxcounty is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 By Victoria R. Marino and William E. Haley, PhD (The School of Aging Studies...
donjacques
Nov 13, 20156 min read
The time is now for mental health reform, Every Day, In All-Gender Restrooms: the Signs Reflect the
Welcome back to In Case You Missed It (our weekly roundup of articles touching on psychology, health, mental health and social justice...
donjacques
Nov 9, 20153 min read
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