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A new American dream?
featured July 3, 2009

APA and health-care reform
featured July 3, 2009

Now available: APA Publication Manual, 6th Edition
featured July 1, 2009

The truth vs. like-minded ideas
featured July 1, 2009

Resolving vaccine dispute
featured June 29, 2009

July 1: New APA Publication Manual available
featured June 29, 2009

Health of stroke patients and caregivers linked
featured June 26, 2009

Making marriage work
featured June 26, 2009

Children: Over-treated or under-treated?
featured June 24, 2009

Enhancing resilience after trauma
featured June 24, 2009

Helping different generations work together
featured June 22, 2009

Eating disorders
featured June 22, 2009

How does a bad economy affect men?
featured June 19, 2009

Managing the stress of fatherhood
featured June 19, 2009

Reducing graduation anxiety
featured June 17, 2009

Making stepfamilies work
featured June 17, 2009

Fighting stigma
featured June 14, 2009

Making stepfamilies work
featured June 14, 2009

Bringing treatment to the developing world
featured June 12, 2009

Focus on: Hate crimes
featured June 12, 2009

Rebuilding Iraq's health system
featured June 10, 2009

Psychology's role in same-sex marriage gains
featured June 10, 2009

New research on immigrant families
featured June 8, 2009

Estrogen and dementia
featured June 8, 2009

Helping farmers and ranchers cope
featured June 5, 2009

Painful shyness
featured June 5, 2009

New research on revenge
featured June 3, 2009

Coping with a coworker's death
featured June 3, 2009

Longer tests = lower scores?
featured June 1, 2009

The military's war on stigma
featured June 1, 2009

Helping television get psychology right
featured May 29, 2009

Questions and answers about homosexuality
featured May 29, 2009

Healthy habits for healthy families
featured May 27, 2009

What keeps women out of math careers?
featured May 27, 2009

Coming home after war
featured May 25, 2009

Can cyber-games enhance learning?
featured May 25, 2009

A museum for psychology?
featured May 22, 2009

Questioning fMRI research
featured May 22, 2009

How to improve your child's grades
featured May 20, 2009

Controlling your anger
featured May 20, 2009

Beauty or brains = higher pay?
featured May 17, 2009

Risky sports for teens
featured May 17, 2009

An early sign of schizophrenia?
featured May 15, 2009

Virtual reality in the classroom
featured May 15, 2009

Traumatic brain injury = lasting problems?
featured May 13, 2009

Cell phones and driving
featured May 13, 2009

APA and YMCA partner
featured May 11, 2009

Understanding sexual orientation
featured May 11, 2009

Focused children = healthier adults?
featured May 9, 2009

Understanding sexual orientation
featured May 9, 2009

APA supports Children's Mental Health Awareness Day
featured May 7, 2009

Why is music therapy so effective?
featured May 6, 2009

Managing stress in a bad economy
featured May 6, 2009

Getting help for anxiety
featured May 4, 2009

Can psychologists help stop swine flu?
featured May 1, 2009

The evolution of human goodness
featured May 1, 2009

Managing anxiety about swine flu
featured April 29, 2009

Expanding care for children
featured April 29, 2009

Giving suicidal patients a reason to live
featured April 27, 2009

Studying Latino health
featured April 27, 2009

Participating in torture violates psychology's ethics
featured April 24, 2009

Does living abroad increase creativity?
featured April 24, 2009

APA Annual Convention: Registration now open
featured April 24, 2009

Participating in torture violates psychology's ethics
featured April 23, 2009

Earth Day: Can psychology save the environment?
featured April 22, 2009

APA Annual Convention: Registration now open
featured April 22, 2009

The impact of social rejection
featured April 20, 2009

APA Annual Convention: Registration now open
featured April 20, 2009

Treating eating disorders
featured April 17, 2009

APA Annual Convention: Registration now open
featured April 17, 2009

Preventing child abuse and neglect
featured April 15, 2009

How do frogs find mates?
featured April 15, 2009

Treating low desire in women
featured April 13, 2009

Globalization's psychological impact
featured April 13, 2009

A new approach to keeping kids safe
featured April 3, 2009

Psychology's role in health-care reform
featured April 3, 2009

Treating substance abuse via computer
featured March 30, 2009

Helping parents and nannies find common ground
featured March 30, 2009

Floods: Preparing yourself psychologically
featured March 25, 2009

A pacemaker for depression?
featured March 26, 2009

Is working in teams effective?
featured March 25, 2009

New report: Helping clinics prevent child maltreatment
featured March 25, 2009

Do abstinence pledges work?
featured March 23, 2009

Preventing youth obesity
featured March 23, 2009

APA president testifies on comparative effectiveness research
featured March 20, 2009

Can romantic love last a lifetime?
featured March 20, 2009

Stimulus package: Tell IOM your research priorities
featured March 20, 2009

In down economy, online dating is up
featured March 18, 2009

Stimulus package includes opportunities for psychologists
featured March 17, 2009

Overturning myths about older workers
featured March 16, 2009

Is there a Nazi personality?
featured March 16, 2009

Functional brain imaging comes to clinical settings
featured March 13, 2009

Does marijuana impair decision-making?
featured March 13, 2009

College men unimpressed by women's heavy drinking
featured March 11, 2009

How popular is alternative medicine?
featured March 11, 2009

Visiting Las Vegas = increased suicide risk?
featured March 9, 2009

How to choose a therapist
featured March 9, 2009

Coping in a tough economy
featured March 6, 2009

APA's health-care reform priorities
featured March 6, 2009

Why do women avoid math-oriented careers?
featured March 4, 2009

Trends in addiction treatment
featured March 4, 2009

Psychologists' role in treating medical disorders
featured March 2, 2009

APA's health-care reform priorities
featured March 2, 2009

Women, stress and heart disease
featured February 27, 2009

Can early environmental factors predict your future?
featured February 27, 2009

Discussing financial problems with your kids
featured February 25, 2009

Spending time with grandparents
featured February 25, 2009

What are your dreams telling you?
featured February 23, 2009

Caring for caregivers
featured February 23, 2009

What Alex the parrot taught us
featured February 20, 2009

Cultivating creativity
featured February 20, 2009

New law gives patients extra privacy protection
featured February 18, 2009

Unmasking racial microaggressions
featured February 18, 2009

Thinking about suicide?
featured February 18, 2009

Is multitasking bad for kids?
featured February 16, 2009

Mental health and asthma
featured February 16, 2009

Love: A drive as basic as hunger?
featured February 13, 2009

Nine steps to a good marriage
featured February 13, 2009

Preventing school violence
featured February 11, 2009

Treating autism with magnets?
featured February 11, 2009

Do low-carb diets affect your thinking?
featured February 9, 2009

Controlling anger
featured February 9, 2009

APA applauds expansion of children's insurance program
featured February 5, 2009

Will Obama's election improve race relations?
featured February 4, 2009

Technology = distracted drivers
featured February 4, 2009

Driver distraction: How technology increases our risks
featured February 2, 2009

New hope for memory loss?
featured February 2, 2009

Universities face economic challenges
featured January 30, 2009

Does being left-handed change your life?
featured January 30, 2009

Why do animals cooperate?
featured January 28, 2009

Treating seasonal affective disorder
featured January 28, 2009

Better economic decision-making
featured January 26, 2009

APA applauds change in US detainee policy
featured January 26, 2009

What causes aggression?
featured January 23, 2009

APA applauds change in US detainee policy
featured January 23, 2009

Same-sex marriage bans cause distress
featured January 21, 2009

Are autism rates still rising?
featured January 21, 2009

Workplace lead exposure = cognitive problems?
featured January 12, 2009

Meet APA's new president
featured January 12, 2009

How greed outstripped need
featured January 9, 2009

Googling: Good for your brain?
featured January 9, 2009

The price of affluence
featured January 7, 2009

Protecting employees from domestic abuse
featured January 7, 2009

Psychology's growth careers
featured January 5, 2009

Diabetes and mental functioning
featured January 5, 2009

Tools for tough times
featured December 31, 2008

Making New Year's resolutions stick
featured December 31, 2008

An Army psychologist reflects on Iraq
featured December 29, 2008

Teen insomnia and depression
featured December 29, 2008

Making the most of the holidays
featured December 24, 2008

Staying calm
featured December 24, 2008

Wonder Woman: A psychologist's creation
featured December 22, 2008

Money is top stressor
featured December 22, 2008

How obedient are we to authority?
featured December 19, 2008

Meet psychology's bloggers
featured December 19, 2008

Parents: Managing holiday stress
featured December 17, 2008

Getting a good night's sleep
featured December 17, 2008

Can animals be artists?
featured December 15, 2008

Detecting autism earlier
featured December 15, 2008

Siblings of mentally disabled face lifelong challenges
featured December 12, 2008

C-sections and bonding
featured December 12, 2008

The corporatization of higher ed
featured December 10, 2008

Are geographic stereotypes true?
featured December 10, 2008

Does marriage improve men's health?
featured December 8, 2008

Psychology's role in treating obesity
featured December 8, 2008

Financial concerns top list of holiday stressors
featured December 5, 2008

Exercise and mental health
featured December 5, 2008

Introducing APA's 2009 president-elect
featured December 4, 2008

Why do innocent people confess to crimes?
featured December 3, 2008

Controlling your anger
featured December 3, 2008

The challenges of same-sex divorce
featured December 1, 2008

Talking on cellphones vs. talking to passengers
featured December 1, 2008

Is thankfulness the key to happiness?
featured November 26, 2008

Coping with holiday stress
featured November 26, 2008

Are there limits to cultural sensitivity?
featured November 24, 2008

Loan forgiveness programs
featured November 24, 2008

Initiatives against same-sex marriage spark distress
featured November 21, 2008

Putting school research into action
featured November 21, 2008

Why's it so hard to stop smoking?
featured November 19, 2008

How a psychologist can help you quit
featured November 19, 2008

Wildfires: Recovering from disaster
featured November 17, 2008

Understanding homosexuality
featured November 17, 2008

Stress in the workplace
featured November 14, 2008

Are non-governmental organizations effecive?
featured November 12, 2008

Negotiation: How to get what you want
featured November 12, 2008

Children and sleep
featured November 12, 2008

Helping immigrant children succeed at school
featured November 10, 2008

Behavioral research and health
featured November 10, 2008

Talking to your children about the economy
featured November 7, 2008

Treating seasonal affective disorder
featured November 7, 2008

Becoming an effective leader
featured November 5, 2008

Cultural differences in family memories
featured November 5, 2008

America's first black female psychologist
featured November 3, 2008

Want to spend less?
featured November 3, 2008

Children and trauma
featured October 31, 2008

Redefining aging
featured October 31, 2008

Stopping violence against women
featured October 29, 2008

Adults with ADHD
featured October 29, 2008

How can you affect climate change?
featured October 27, 2008

Refugees and discrimination
featured October 27, 2008

One treatment for all emotional disorders?
featured October 24, 2008

Web interventions and underserved communities
featured October 24, 2008

Old-fashioned play vs. commercialization
featured October 22, 2008

Personality and successful aging
featured October 22, 2008

What's causing the obesity epidemic?
featured October 20, 2008

A new approach to treating ADHD
featured October 20, 2008

The relaxation response's power
featured October 17, 2008

Can violence rewire your brain?
featured October 17, 2008

How behavioral economics can help you
featured October 15, 2008

Immigration raids and trauma
featured October 15, 2008

Childhood ear infections = adult weight gain?
featured October 13, 2008

Antidepressants and driving ability
featured October 13, 2008

Stress in America survey: Women hit hardest
featured October 7, 2008

Mental health parity now law
featured October 4, 2008

Psychology in everyday life
featured October 3, 2008

How stress harms your health
featured October 1, 2008

Kinder, gentler lay-offs
featured September 29, 2008

Does sexism pay?
featured September 26, 2008

Helping soldiers heal
featured September 24, 2008

Helping traumatized kids
featured September 22, 2008

Members approve petition to limit psychologists' work in some detention settings
featured September 19, 2008

Managing financial stress
featured September 19, 2008

Older gamblers = greater suicide risk?
featured September 17, 2008

Managing stress after a hurricane
featured September 15, 2008

Hurricanes: How to prepare psychologically
featured September 12, 2008

Hurricane season: Coping with storm stress
featured September 11, 2008

TV shows discourage help-seeking
featured September 10, 2008

Want to spend less? Pay cash
featured September 8, 2008

Choosing the most fuel-efficient car
featured September 5, 2008

Coping with disaster from afar
featured September 3, 2008

How motherhood changes your brain
featured September 1, 2008

New APA report: Evidence-based practice with youth
featured August 29, 2008

Animals adapt sounds to social situation
featured August 27, 2008

Overwhelmed by back-to-school rush
featured August 25, 2008

APA Convention highlights
featured August 22, 2008

APA Convention recap: Playing video games = lifelong learning
featured August 20, 2008

APA's policies on detainee welfare
featured August 20, 2008

APA members to vote on new resolution
featured August 20, 2008

APA Convention recap: Changing the nation's diet
featured August 18, 2008

Statement by the American Psychological Association
featured August 18, 2008

Americans spending, gambling, saving
featured August 15, 2008

Report of the APA Task Force on Mental Health and Abortion
featured August 15, 2008

Emotion's role in voting
featured August 13, 2008

Sports psychology off the field
featured August 13, 2008

Genes may make some more anxiety prone
featured August 11, 2008

EEG feedback hones athletes mental states
featured August 8, 2008

Sports psychologists help bring home Olympic gold
featured August 6, 2008

Signs of Lou Gehrig's disease appear early
featured August 4, 2008

Ethics in the Internet age
featured August 1, 2008

Understanding client's background = better treatment
featured July 30, 2008

APA's position on detainee welfare
featured July 30, 2008

APA members to vote on new resolution
featured July 30, 2008

Custody collaborations
featured July 28, 2008

Math study shows girls = boys
featured July 28, 2008

Providing health care to an aging population
featured July 25, 2008

Tornadoes, hurricanes, and children
featured July 25, 2008

Foreign threats = increased patriotism
featured July 23, 2008

Managing stress in tough economic times
featured July 23, 2008

Early academic problems linked to later depression
featured July 18, 2008

The brain in the voting booth
featured July 18, 2008

Leaders rally for veterans
featured July 16, 2008

Economic recession: A self-fulfilling prophecy?
featured July 16, 2008

Flirtation: Men and women react differently
featured July 14, 2008

Raising children to resist violence
featured July 14, 2008

What makes charismatic leaders so powerful?
featured July 11, 2008

Recognizing anxiety disorders
featured July 11, 2008

What does mental illness cost?
featured July 9, 2008

Communicating with your children
featured July 9, 2008

Why do Americans overspend?
featured July 7, 2008

Questions to ask your doctor
featured July 7, 2008

Your dog's inner life
featured July 4, 2008

Exercise: Good for body and mind
featured July 4, 2008

Testing older people's mental functioning
featured July 2, 2008

APA helps overturn same-sex marriage ban
featured July 2, 2008

Helping families bond
featured June 30, 2008

Do you have a drinking problem?
featured June 30, 2008

The intertwined future of psychology and neuroscience
featured June 27, 2008

After a heart attack…
featured June 27, 2008

Helping people make peace with food
featured June 25, 2008

Coming soon: Better election data
featured June 25, 2008

New research on addiction's genetic basis
featured June 23, 2008

Convicted because of a typo?
featured June 23, 2008

Time capsule: Applying technology to phrenology
featured June 20, 2008

Congress agrees on landmark mental health bill
featured June 20, 2008

Congress agrees on landmark mental health bill
featured June 19, 2008

Serving a new generation of veterans
featured June 18, 2008

Is studying the best way to learn?
featured June 18, 2008

Coping with summer camp blues
featured June 16, 2008

Educating animal rights activists
featured June 16, 2008

Coping with the stress of fatherhood
featured June 13, 2008

Stun guns = brain injury?
featured June 13, 2008

Building a better ballot
featured June 11, 2008

What turns monkeys into junkies?
featured June 11, 2008

Boys: The new educational underdogs?
featured June 9, 2008

Giving back to those who serve
featured June 9, 2008

Science vs. ideology
featured June 6, 2008

Boosting organ donation rates
featured June 6, 2008

What can an octopus teach cognitive psychologists?
featured June 4, 2008

Cooperation vs. competition in the classroom
featured June 4, 2008

Why do we vote?
featured June 2, 2008

Learn a language, preserve your brainpower?
featured June 2, 2008

Assessing pain's complexity
featured May 30, 2008

What HIV/AIDS interventions work best?
featured May 30, 2008

Making the most of one psychotherapy session
featured May 28, 2008

Resilience in a time of war
featured May 28, 2008

Are our students learning?
featured May 26, 2008

Managing your boss
featured May 26, 2008

Husbands, rate your wives
featured May 23, 2008

Coping with serious illness
featured May 23, 2008

How common is 21st birthday binge drinking?
featured May 21, 2008

Enhancing worker well-being
featured May 21, 2008

Deafness: A window into basic cognition
featured May 19, 2008

Ending interpersonal violence
featured May 19, 2008

APA brief cited in California same-sex marriage ruling
featured May 18, 2008

Who's at highest risk for PTSD?
featured May 16, 2008

Coping with a coworker's death
featured May 16, 2008

Invited address: Inside voters' minds
featured May 16, 2008

Do voter ID laws hurt turnout?
featured May 14, 2008

Caring for an aging relative
featured May 14, 2008

An invitation from APA's president
featured May 14, 2008

The impact of anti-Asian racism
featured May 12, 2008

Psychotherapy's role in treating anxiety disorders
featured May 12, 2008

What do psychologists do at disaster sites?
featured May 9, 2008

APA supports Children's Mental Health Awareness Day
featured May 8, 2008

Do social networking sites increase teens' risk?
featured May 5, 2008

Myanmar cyclone: Recovering from disaster
featured May 5, 2008

Too many choices = mental exhaustion/a>
featured May 5, 2008

Economic recession: A self-fulfilling prophecy?
featured May 2, 2008

Helping women cope with serious illness
featured April 30, 2008

A quick fix for obsessive-compulsive disorder
featured April 28, 2008

Best-selling author Malcolm Gladwell at Convention
featured April 28, 2008

2007-2008 faculty salaries in psych departments
featured April 25, 2008

Time capsule: Testing for ESP
featured April 25, 2008

Why do teens get addicted more easily?
featured April 23, 2008

Earth Day: Can psychology save the planet?
featured April 22, 2008

Why does dissonance grate on our nerves?
featured April 21, 2008

Whites' rosier view of campus diversity
featured April 18, 2008

Convention registration now open
featured April 17, 2008

Too many choices = mental exhaustion
featured April 16, 2008

Understanding postpartum depression
featured April 14, 2008

Saving teens from lifelong alcohol abuse
featured April 14, 2008

Distinguishing gay vs. straight at a glance?
featured April 11, 2008

Talking religion with mom
featured April 11, 2008

Child custody: An APA/ABA conference
featured April 11, 2008

The military's growing mental health needs
featured April 9, 2008

Marijuana's month-long impact
featured April 9, 2008

Conference: Protecting children in custody cases
featured April 9, 2008

The buzz on caffeine
featured April 7, 2008

Preventing suicide in Latina teens
featured April 7, 2008

Custody conference: Lawyers and psychologists collaborating
featured April 7, 2008

The lingering storm for Katrina's victims
featured April 4, 2008

April 30-May 3: Child custody conference
featured April 4, 2008

Can you control how happy you are?
featured April 2, 2008

Child custody: Past, present and future
featured April 2, 2008

Synesthesia: When senses blend in surprising ways
featured March 31, 2008

Reconceptualizing child custody: An APA/ABA conference
featured March 31, 2008

Cooperative vs. competitive classrooms = higher achievement
featured March 28, 2008

APA/ABA conference to tackle child custody issues
featured March 28, 2008

Zoo gets a “green” makeover
featured March 26, 2008

Getting psychologically prepared for retirement
featured March 26, 2008

Telling the stories of Holocaust survivors
featured March 24, 2008

Treating anxiety disorders
featured March 24, 2008

Connecting kids to nature
featured March 21, 2008

Making stepfamilies work
featured March 21, 2008

Religion may boost women's mental health
featured March 19, 2008

In-vehicle navigation device = dangerous distraction?
featured March 19, 2008

Air travel: Helping crowded skies stay safe
featured March 17, 2008

Do you have a good marriage?
featured March 17, 2008

Prenatal exposure triggers taste for alcohol
featured March 14, 2008

Elevated testosterone = men who cheat?
featured March 14, 2008

APA's Psychologically Healthy Workplace Award-winners
featured March 12, 2008

Chronic illness: How to help
featured March 12, 2008

Workplace bullying: More harmful than sexual harassment
featured March 10, 2008

Unfriendly skies: Flying with a mental illness
featured March 10, 2008

House passes landmark mental health bill
featured March 8, 2008

Protecting your brain from dementia
featured March 7, 2008

Teens and mental health problems
featured March 7, 2008

Climate change: Can psychology save the planet?
featured March 5, 2008

Happy marriage: Relief for women's workplace stress
featured March 5, 2008

Protecting astronauts' mental health
featured March 3, 2008

Do you have a drinking problem?
featured March 3, 2008

Serious mental illness = shorter lifespan?
featured February 29, 2008

Painful shyness
featured February 29, 2008

APA recommends interdisciplinary care for aging population
featured February 27, 2008

Dateline Iraq: An Army psychologist reflects
featured February 27, 2008

Seeking mental health support online
featured February 25, 2008

Making sense of psychological research
featured February 25, 2008

After the terrible twos? The goal-oriented threes
featured February 22, 2008

Cancer: Getting beyond “Why me?”
featured February 22, 2008

Debunking myths about Internet predators
featured February 20, 2008

Do you have an anxiety disorder?
featured February 20, 2008

APA to President Bush: Ban waterboarding
featured February 18, 2008

Understanding homosexuality and sexual orientation
featured February 18, 2008

Managing distress after a shooting
featured February 15, 2008

Oxytocin: The “tend and befriend” hormone
featured February 15, 2008

Keeping LGBT students safe
featured February 14, 2008

Does love last?
featured February 13, 2008

APA briefs Congress on returning veterans' stress
featured February 13, 2008

Love: A drive as basic as thirst
featured February 11, 2008

Do artificial sweeteners lead to weight gain?
featured February 11, 2008

Neuroeconomics: Solving mysteries of economic behavior
featured February 8, 2008

How to choose a psychotherapist
featured February 8, 2008

Tornadoes: Managing traumatic stress
featured February 7, 2008

Living with Alzheimer's: One psychologist's story
featured February 6, 2008

Nine steps to a good marriage
featured February 6, 2008

Emotion vs. reason in the voting booth
featured February 4, 2008

Recovering from depression
featured February 4, 2008

Managing stress in tough economic times
featured January 31, 2008

The state of racial equality
featured January 30, 2008

Feb. 28-29: APA summit on relationship violence
featured January 28, 2008

Does a positive attitude improve cancer survival?
featured January 28, 2008

Debunking myths about same-sex relationships
featured January 25, 2008

Facial expressions: Inborn or learned?
featured January 25, 2008

Helping families cope with PTSD
featured January 23, 2008

Hypnosis for pain relief
featured January 23, 2008

Using sports psychology off the field
featured January 21, 2008

The perils of early drinking
featured January 21, 2008

Debunking myths about bisexual women
featured January 18, 2008

Controlling anger
featured January 18, 2008

Overcoming anxiety disorders
featured January 16, 2008

The true costs of smoking
featured January 16, 2008

Addressing unhealthy financial behavior
featured January 14, 2008

Media Psychologists: Educating the public; demystifying psychotherapy and modeling professional ethics
featured January 11, 2008

The self-help books psychologists recommend
featured January 9, 2008

Video: Welcome from 2008 President Alan Kazdin
featured January 9, 2008

How kids learn to lie
featured January 7, 2008

Flexible hours benefit employees
featured January 7, 2008

Treatment for PTSD
featured January 3, 2008

Making New Year's resolutions stick
featured January 3, 2008



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