Think of the Kids: Four Questions with Two Child Psychology Authors
By Jim Sliwa (Director, APA Public Affairs) To mark Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day (May 4), we posed a series of questions to the...
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donjacques
Mar 8, 20173 min read
7 Essential Tips to Help You Master Disciplining Your Kids
This is the fifth in a series of weekly blog posts addressing discipline and parenting practices. In this series, we will explore reasons...
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donjacques
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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donjacques
Jun 13, 20165 min read
7 Ways to Talk to Children and Youth about the Shootings in Orlando
By Robin Gurwitch, PhD Once again our nation is coping with a violent tragedy. In the aftermath of the Orlando terrorist attack, we find...
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donjacques
Mar 30, 20162 min read
Got a Question About Your Kid? Get an Answer Based on Good Science
By Efua Andoh (APA Public Interest Communications Staff) What keeps you up at night? For many parents or caregivers, 9 times out of 10...
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donjacques
Dec 14, 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...
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donjacques
Nov 9, 20153 min read
The time is now for mental health reform, Every Day, In All-Gender Restrooms: the Signs Reflect the
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donjacques
Nov 2, 20153 min read
Weight and exercise may affect children’s thinking skills, Alzheimer’s link leads to more fina
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donjacques
Oct 19, 20153 min read
When Girls Compulsively Text,Their Grades Suffer, Children Treated for Mental Health by Pediatrician
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donjacques
Oct 13, 20153 min read
GOP Lawmaker in N.H. Seeks Ban on ‘Conversion Therapy,’ PTSD Can Affect Female Vietnam War Vets, Too
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donjacques
Oct 6, 20154 min read
Jails Are No Place for the Mentally Ill, Flavored Tobacco Lures Kids, Meet Mexico’s 13 Year Ol
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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
Sep 1, 20154 min read
What Makes People Gay (An Update), Ending Solitary Confinement in California Prisons – In Case
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donjacques
May 8, 20153 min read
In Case You Missed It – May 8, 2015 – Worried moms, bullying’s long-term effects and more
In this week’s In Case You Missed It (a roundup of articles related to psychology, health, mental health and social justice collated from...
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