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Contributed by leaders of APA

Children’s mental and physical health go hand in hand

By Lynn Bufka, PhD
Appeared in The Washington Post
September 15, 2025

Zuckerberg claims social media isn’t harmful to mental health—here’s what the science says

By Mitch J. Prinstein, PhD
Appeared in The Hill
February 9, 2024

Leave gender-affirming care to medical experts—not politicians

By Carrie Davis and Mitch Prinstein
Appeared in The Oklahoman
September 28, 2022

Why COVID makes so many of us feel guilty

By Lynn Bufka
Appeared in Scientific American
August 8, 2022

Science shows how to protect kids’ mental health, but it’s being ignored

By Mitchell J. Prinstein, PhD, and Kathleen A. Ethier
Appeared in Scientific American
May 31, 2022

US youth are in a mental health crisis—we must invest in their care

By Mitchell J. Prinstein, PhD
Appeared in The Hill
February 7, 2022

APA president: Politicians should follow the science on gender-affirmation treatments

By Jennifer Kelly, PhD
Appeared in The Hill
April 30, 2021

Science is rescuing us from COVID—it's time for the US to return the favor

By Mitchell J. Prinstein
Appeared in The Hill
April 5, 2021

Mental-Health Leaders: We Must End Pandemic of Racism

By Arthur C. Evans Jr., PhD, Saul Levin, MD, Angelo McClain, PhD
Appeared in the Orlando Sentinel
August 18, 2020

For a COVID-19 Vaccine to Succeed, Look to Behavioral Research

By Arthur C. Evans Jr., PhD
Appeared in The Hill
August 18, 2020

COVID-19 Does Discriminate — It Targets the Most Vulnerable

By Sandra L Shullman, PhD, and Arthur C. Evans Jr., PhD
April 27, 2020

Why SCOTUS Should Examine the Case of "Making a Murderer’s" Brendan Dassey

By Saul Kassin, PhD
June 12, 2018

Team-Based Healthcare Offers Proven Path to Improving Americans' Mental Health

By Arthur C. Evans Jr. and Ann Greiner
Appeared in Modern Healthcare
June 11, 2018

Protecting the LGBT Community is Good Health Policy

By Arthur C. Evans, Jr., PhD 
Appeared in The Hill
May 22, 2018

Gun Violence: A Public Health Problem

By Arthur C. Evans, PhD, and Clarence E. Anthony
Appeared in The Hill
April 10, 2018

Keep DACA and the Dreamers. They'll Make America Even Greater

By Antonio E. Puente, PhD, APA president
Appeared in USA Today
December 18, 2017

Memo to Congress: Stop Fighting Scientific Research

By Patrica Klem Kobor and Angela L. Sharpe
Appeared in Roll Call website
January 15, 2015

How Psychology Can Help Ferguson Heal

By Nadine J. Kaslow, PhD, and Norman B. Anderson, PhD
Appeared in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
January 15, 2015

The Psychology of Torture

By Nadine J. Kaslow, PhD, 2014 president of APA
Appeared in The Mark News website
December 23, 2014

The Victims of Immigration Policy: Children of Broken Homes and a Broken System

By Melba J.T. Vasquez, PhD, president of APA, and Frank Donaghue, CEO of Physicians for Human Rights
February 9, 2011
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