Depression in Black Boys Begins Earlier Than You Think
By Aaron Hunt, MS (Graduate Intern, APA Health Disparities Office) and David J. Robles, BA (Graduate Intern, SAMHSA Office of Behavioral...
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donjacques
Jun 1, 20185 min read
Don’t Blame Mental Illness for Our Nation’s Gun Violence Epidemic
Today is National Gun Violence Awareness Day, a day set aside to remember and honor the victims to gun violence. Each year in the United...
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donjacques
Jun 20, 20174 min read
Are You Talking to Parents About Keeping Guns Away from Children? 5 Reasons You Absolutely Should
By Clinton W. Anderson, PhD (Interim Executive Director, Public Interest Directorate, American Psychological Association) Psychologists...
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donjacques
Mar 29, 20174 min read
We Lose Too Many Vietnam Veterans to Suicide: Here’s How You Can Help
By Meg Lacy (Doctoral Student, Palo Alto University) As our Vietnam veteran population ages, many may become increasingly vulnerable for...
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donjacques
Aug 11, 20163 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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donjacques
Aug 4, 20155 min read
Challenges Facing Transgender Inmates, Suicide and Race, Parenting with Disabilities – In Case
Welcome back to In Case You Missed It (our weekly roundup of articles touching on psychology, health, mental health and social justice...
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donjacques
May 22, 20155 min read
In Case You Missed It – May 22, 2015 – Racial double standard in Waco coverage, suicide
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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donjacques
May 15, 20154 min read
In Case You Missed It – May 15, 2015 – Black girls matter, abuse of mentally ill prisoners, 40 years
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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donjacques
Mar 6, 20154 min read
In Case You Missed It – March 6, 2015
Welcome to our new feature – In Case You Missed It, a weekly roundup of recent news articles related to issues of psychology, health and...
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donjacques
Dec 8, 20145 min read
Counting Down Our Top 5 Blog Posts
By Efua Andoh (Public Interest Communications Staff) This is our 150th post and given that it is the end of the year, we would like to...
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donjacques
Sep 9, 20144 min read
When Will We Face the Facts about Suicide in Older Men?
By Amy Fiske, PhD (Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology, West Virginia University) Missing the Group Most at Risk This is National...
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donjacques
Aug 12, 20141 min read
Remembering Robin Williams
By Judith M. Glassgold, PsyD (Assoc. Exec. Director, APA’s Public Interest Government Relations Office) The tragic death of Robin...
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donjacques
May 13, 20144 min read
When Our Sisters Are Hurting…
By Alfiee Breland-Noble, PhD, MHSc (Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Georgetown University Medical Center) Karyn Washington’s...
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donjacques
Sep 23, 20134 min read
7 Essential Steps Parents Can Take to Prevent Teen Suicide
In this blog post, APA President-elect Nadine Kaslow and her colleagues offer parents advice on how to prevent teen suicide. By Nadine J....
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donjacques
May 14, 20132 min read
What Everybody Ought to Know About Suicide
By Lauren Fasig, JD, PhD (Director, APA Children, Youth, and Families Office) Suicide touches everyone. Adults, teens, children, parents,...
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