Candice Hargons, PhD, an Emory University professor, psychologist and community advocate, has been elected 2028 president of the American Psychological Association, bringing a vision of collaboration, ...

More Americans report having unmet mental health needs, but a declining number say it’s because they can’t afford it, according to data from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services ...

Leaders face pressure on a regular basis. Whether in business, nonprofits, or government, leaders are juggling additional demands on their time, attention, and focus. Effective leaders learn to manage ...

The COVID-19 pandemic was especially hard on adults who have disabilities, inflicting almost twice the rate of distress on them as on adults without disabilities.

APA and the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education (NADOHE) have joined together to publish the Journal of Diversity in Higher Education®. Multidisciplinary in perspective, ...

Researchers have recently begun to study individuals who are no longer religious. This group of formerly religious individuals—known as the religious dones—is growing in number, but little is known ...

The medications suggested for the treatment of PTSD are sertraline, paroxetine, fluoxetine and venlafaxine. Each patient varies in their response and ability to tolerate a specific medication and ...

You can get the basics in a weekend workshop—but as with any psychotherapeutic tool, mastering hypnosis takes practice. APA’s Division 30, the Society of Psychological Hypnosis, is working to advance ...

Specifically, intuitive low-effort cognitive processes can increase susceptibility to bias in particular circumstances (lower left side of figure). And deliberative effortful cognitive processes can ...

Researchers are expanding science on Black girls by treating them as knowledge producers, not just subjects of study. Emerging methods help researchers gather richer data that challenge long-held ...

Washington — The American Psychological Association will provide institutions electronic access to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association with the release of the APA Style ...

Although there can be no dispute that schools must do all that can be done to ensure the safety of learning environments, controversy has arisen about the use of zero tolerance policies and procedures ...