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Learn about key issues impacting psychologists today
The many pathways of empty nesting
Parents may feel grief and identity loss when adult children leave home, but it also frees them to pursue goals and passions.
Aviation incidents amplify fear of flying, but therapy helps people reclaim the skies
Patients with aviophobia respond well to exposure therapy and cognitive behavioral treatment.
Understanding anticipatory anxiety during key life transitions
Psychologists help people create and reinforce healthy patterns of thinking for coping with fears involving uncertainty.
Unsung heroes on the cancer journey
Psychologists help caregivers process anxiety, depression, and anticipatory grief.
The promise and perils of using AI for research and writing
Psychologists and students may tap AI tools for an assist in some scenarios, but human oversight—including vetting all output and citing all uses—is essential.
Grieving the midlife loss of a parent
A parent’s death can deeply affect adults in their middle years, challenging self-identity and prompting a renewed focus on life goals.
With dementia, grief may start long before a parent’s death
The sense of loss can be more difficult when a parent is physically present but cognitively absent.
The hidden grief of miscarriage
People coping with pregnancy loss often experience intense grief without the traditional rituals and other supports that accompany loss. Psychologists can help ease the load
More couples are divorcing after age 50 than ever before. Psychologists are helping them navigate the big changes
Practitioners working with later-in-life divorcees can help patients explore eroded connections with family, friends, and their sense of belonging.
Talking through practicalities of divorce later in life
The divorce rate for men and women in their second half of adulthood has doubled since 1990, presenting mental health challenges and opportunities for divorcees and their practitioners.
Behind the international adoption journey
Learning more about adoptees’ lived experiences can help mental health professionals better support these children and their families.
Promoting Mental Health in Asian American Teens
Identify the components of racial-ethnic socialization and preparation for bias in Asian American and Pacific Islander families, and learn about cultural stressors and mores across a heterogeneous population.
CE corner: How to promote mental health among Asian American teens
The COVID-19 pandemic illuminated the mental health stressors this vulnerable population faces.
Preparing for practice in rural communities
Supervisors and trainees can hone specific skills to deliver more ethical and effective practice in rural communities.
Media overload is hurting our mental health. Here are ways to manage headline stress
Psychologists are seeing an increase in news-related stress and media saturation overload. Installing a few key media guardrails can help
The formerly incarcerated are helping newly released prisoners cope with life after prison
Mental health professionals are training these peer specialists to help former inmates build successful lives after leaving prison
A crisis of campus sexual assault
The ongoing pandemic may spur an increase in sexual violence on college campuses. Psychologists’ research and interventions are needed more than ever.
Building a better, more diverse faculty
Many universities are ramping up efforts to recruit and support BIPOC faculty, but inequities persist.
Working with adults with developmental disabilities
There is a yawning gap between the need for and the availability of mental health services for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Psychology’s diversity problem
To change the diversity makeup of the psychology workforce, educators must ramp up support and opportunities for students of color and break the bottleneck of obstacles the profession has created.
The growing demand for geropsychologists
How to treat older adults with mental health needs.
How psychologists can help patients with injection fear
Psychologists are sharing interventions and therapies to help patients whose fear of needles could stop them from getting a COVID-19 vaccine.
Employers are increasing support for mental health
Large employers are boosting mental health resources as they recognize the strain the pandemic is putting on their employees.
Drinking, coping and COVID-19
Psychologists can help their patients be mindful of problem drinking during the pandemic and establish habits that can keep them safe. Psychologists can help patients by not only asking about alcohol consumption regularly, but also by teaching motivational, cognitive behavioral, and other techniques for cutting back or trying to stay sober.
How to discuss race with Black teens and their families
Black teens experience an average of five discriminatory encounters every day, research has shown. Learn how to identify the components of ethnic-racial socialization and their protective benefits in raising Black children.
