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How birth control pills affect the brain

Knowing the effects on the body and brain helps women make informed reproductive health decisions
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Improving treatment with role-playing games

Games show promise for treating anxiety, depression, trauma, ADHD, and more

News

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U.S. teens need far more support

Addressing loneliness and isolation is crucial to fighting the youth mental health crisis
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The essential role of human factors psychology in technology design

Integrating human readiness levels early in design process makes systems safer and more intuitive
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Women face harsher punishments when it comes to self-defense laws

Longer sentences for women reflect gender bias in stand-your-ground laws

CE Corner

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Treating patients with borderline personality disorder

Psychotherapy improves functioning, reduces symptoms, and helps lower self-harm and depression

Career

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Strengthening and expanding access to scholarly publishing

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Rival scientists are teaming up to break scientific stalemates

At APA

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Hot List

Teen social media use, APA 2025 registration, and more

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Navigating change

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Update from the CEO

Advancing science in an era of misinformation and skepticism

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Conversation

Kenya Key uses restorative justice to improve outcomes for youth in custody

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People

Psychologists in the news

Research

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In brief

Playtime interactions, social media addiction, and more

Snapshots of peer-reviewed studies in psychology and related fields
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Datapoint

More money for psychological research, but future is uncertain

Federal funding remains lower than for most other fields
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By the numbers

LGBTQ+ antidiscrimination laws linked to better mental health outcomes

Sexual minority adults in states with LGBTQ+ job protections report fewer poor mental health days

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Date created: April 2025

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