By: Cristina Magalhaes, Ph.D., Madeline Brodt, M.S., and Jessica Punzo, Psy.D. Transgender and gender non-conforming people (TGNC) face numerous challenges due to stigma associated with gender non-conformity, transgenderism, and transsexualism. In a landmark national survey […]
President-Elect Diane Castillo I am honored to be nominated for president of Division 56, Trauma Psychology. I am committed to continuing the strong leadership tradition psychologists have made in the field of trauma and would […]
By: Hannah C. Levy, MA Prolonged exposure (PE) is an evidence-based treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD; for a review, see Powers, Halpern, Ferenschak, Gillihan, & Foa, 2010), which involves gradual and systematic exposure to […]
By: Jonathan Marsh, MA Researchers in the domestic violence movement have long demonstrated that one out of four women are abused by intimate partners in the United States (Tiaden and Thoennes, 2000). In fact, homicide […]
Summer has always been a time I have looked forward to and thoroughly enjoyed, mostly because it meant long days, vacations, barbeques, and opportunities to spend time with family and friends. This continues as many […]
Complied by: Amy Ellis, PhD Nora Baladerian, PhD recently published A Risk Reduction Workbook for Parents and Service Providers to Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, a book that provides a detailed strategy to reduce […]
International Committee Update By: Elizabeth Carll, PhD, Chair For those attending the APA Convention and interested in global issues, please be sure to attend the international symposium addressing the global refugee crisis. During the past […]
2017 Presidential Initiative to Respond to the Mental Health Needs of Refugees By: Elizabeth Carll, PhD, President As forced migration due to wars, conflict, and persecution worldwide continues to unfold, the number of people displaced within […]
By: Elizabeth Geiger, Ed.M. One of my most memorable clinical experiences was working in a hospital’s oncology department. During this time, I provided free individual and group therapy to primarily ethnic and racial minority clients […]
By: Constance Dalenberg, PhD and Marie Ardill, MA Divisions 56 and 46 worked collaboratively to create a Mental Health Mobile Phone Application Review database, which currently includes information on more than 40 apps for iOS […]
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