No Progress, No Change: HIV Funding Stagnant for Third Year in a Row
By Sarah J. Javier, MS (PhD Candidate in Health Psychology at Virginia Commonwealth University) On February 9, President Obama released...
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donjacques
Apr 11, 20165 min read
“Don’t Believe the Hype”: 4 Reasons to Doubt That Most Mass Shooters are Mentally Ill
By Joel Dvoskin, PhD, ABPP (Chair, Nevada Behavioral Health and Wellness Council) Too often, even the most well-intentioned among us...
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donjacques
Mar 25, 20163 min read
Three Year Olds Defending Themselves in Immigration Court: Absurd Joke or Sad Reality?
By Jodi A. Quas, PhD (Professor of Psychology and Social Behavior, University of California, Irvine) Recently , an amazing statement was...
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donjacques
Mar 11, 20163 min read
What Do We Need to Know About the Health of Older LGBT Adults? NIH Greenlights New Research
By Mark Brennan-Ing, PhD (Director for Research and Evaluation at ACRIA, Center on HIV and Aging ) When we talk about fully including...
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donjacques
Feb 11, 20162 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...
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donjacques
Jan 22, 20162 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...
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donjacques
Jan 8, 20161 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...
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donjacques
Dec 29, 20153 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...
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donjacques
Nov 6, 20153 min read
Is the Minimum Wage a Psychological Matter? (Spoiler Alert: Yes)
By Gabriel Twose (Senior Legislative and Federal Affairs Officer, APA Public Interest Government Relations Office) Do you think that the...
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donjacques
Sep 17, 20152 min read
Title X Matters
By Amalia Corby-Edwards (Senior Legislative and Federal Affairs Officer, APA Public Interest Government Relations Office) Over the past...
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donjacques
Sep 4, 20153 min read
It’s Time to Rethink Our Detention Policies for Immigrant Families
When you think of the psychological harm that incarceration can cause, what is the first picture that comes to mind? Did you think about...
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donjacques
Jun 3, 20155 min read
Sexual Assault Prevention Advocacy at George Washington University: The Future is Now
This article is cross-posted from the May 2015 issue of the APA newsletter “In the Public Interest”. By Victoria Kontor (Class of 2015,...
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donjacques
May 23, 20153 min read
The Need for Meaningful Policy Change: The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same
Last year, APA celebrated its Congressional Fellowship Program’s 40 years of success on Capitol Hill. The article below by a former APA...
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donjacques
Jan 21, 20153 min read
The Working Sick
By Roberta Downing, PhD (Senior Legislative and Federal Affairs Officer, APA Public Interest Directorate – Government Relations Office)...
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donjacques
Jan 8, 20155 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...
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donjacques
Dec 16, 20142 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,...
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donjacques
Nov 13, 20143 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)...
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donjacques
Nov 12, 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,...
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donjacques
Oct 23, 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,...
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donjacques
Oct 21, 20144 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,...
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