Public Interest Directorate
Programs and Services
Announcements
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Learn how the ACT program is mobilizing communities to protect youth from violence
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Public Interest Executive Director, Gwendolyn P. Keita, PhD, is on Twitter
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Guidelines for Assessment of and Intervention with Persons with Disabilities
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APA Initiatives on Immigration and Related Issues: Over a Decade of Education, Outreach and Advocacy
Public Interest Publications
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"Applying Psychological Science, Benefiting Society: Public Interest Annual Report"
2012 (PDF, 3.6MB)
2011 (PDF, 987KB) -
Second edition of the "Resource Guide for Psychology Graduate Students with Disabilities"
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Acting Boldly to Change Diet and Exercise for Kids (A.B.C.D.E.)
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Early Exposure to TV Violence Predicts Aggression in Adulthood
Psychology Benefits Society RSS
3 Components of Rape Culture and What You Can Do to Fight Back
By Christin P. Bowman, MS, MA (Doctoral student in Critical Social-Personality Psychology at The Graduate Center, City University of New York) **Trigger warning. This blog is about sexual violence.** ...
02/18/14 5:00 am
Stop Saying “That’s So Gay!”: 6 Types of Microaggressions That Harm LGBTQ People
By Kevin L. Nadal, PhD (Associate Professor of Psychology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice – City University of New York) When I was a little kid, I used to hear my brothers, cousins, a...
02/07/14 8:00 am
Thank You, President Obama, for Addressing Stigma Against the Long-term Unemployed
By Roberta Downing, PhD (Senior Legislative and Federal Affairs Officer, APA Public Interest Directorate – Government Relations Office) There are millions of unemployed workers who cannot get hir...
02/04/14 8:08 am