Nanar Nakashian, Dr. Ani Kalayjian, & Dr. Justina Medina We planned to return to Armenia with several goals to be accomplished, including the launch of the very first Suicide Prevention Lifeline in Armenia and the […]
Meaningfulworld 14th Humanitarian Mission to Haiti, 16-25 August, 2019 Stepping into Health with Joy: 7-Steps for Healing our Mind, Body, Spirit & Mother Earth Dr Kalayjian, Dr Medina, & Lorraine Simmons In collaboration with Meaningfulworld Haiti […]
A Call to Responsible Action The Federal Republic of Nigeria, commonly referred to as Nigeria, is a federal republic in West Africa, bordering Niger in the north, Chad in the northeast, Cameroon in the east, […]
Patricia Mura Desert & Dr. Ani Kalayjian Introduction Gender-Based Violence (GBV) is defined as abuse that is directed toward women and girls because of their gender (International Organization for Migration [IOM], 2018). GBV includes “gendercide, […]
While the term “gender” is often equated with the construct of biological sex, it actually refers to the socially constructed roles, behaviors, activities, and attributions that are the traditional norm for one’s assigned biological sex. […]
By: Shavonne J. Moore & Lesia M. Ruglass Multicultural Framework As the world’s population continues to become more diverse, clinicians will have to broaden their therapeutic approaches to include more than a single cultural context (Zayfert, […]
By: Wyatt R. Evans, PhD, Anna W. Vandevender, MA and Elizabeth Louis, MS Institutional racism (IR) is reflected in the policies and practices of organizations, systems, and institutions that perpetuate discrimination and exploitation of people […]
By Sylvia A. Marotta-Walters, PhD Today’s news focuses on building walls and securing borders in order to “Make America Great Again.” This begs the question: How does walling off anything lead to building greatness? An […]
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 […]
By: Bekh Bradley, PhD and Lesia M. Ruglass, PhD A robust body of research demonstrates that social marginalization resultant from the intersection of multiple factors including race and ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, gender expression, disability, […]
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