Understanding children's atypical gender behavior
APA Monitor article (September 2003) describing a support group for parents of children with gender variance. Catherine Tuerk first noticed that her son was different from typical boys about 30 years ago. At age 4, he began to be oversensitive, ... [... more]
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Protecting Children From Sexual Abuse
The typical advice "Don't Talk to Strangers" doesn't apply in this case. Most sexual perpetrators are known to their victims. Do not instruct children to give relatives hugs and kisses. Let them express affection on their own terms. Teach your . [... more]
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Elder Abuse and Neglect: In Search of Solutions
This 20 page brochure was produced by APAs Office on Aging. Written for consumers, but useful to anyone who wants to know more about elder abuse. Topics covered include: what are the different types of abuse and neglect and why abuse ... [... more]
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Mental Health Patient's Bill of Rights
Our commitment is to provide quality mental health and substance abuse services to all individuals without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, sexual orientation, or disability If you have not already received ... [... more]
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APA Brochure: Answers to Your Questions About Transgender Individuals and Gender Identity Transgender is an umbrella term used to describe people whose gender identity (sense of themselves as male or female) or gender expression differs from that ... [... more]
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Table of contents
Conventional wisdom holds that if you want to learn something, study, study, study. But new psychological research suggests the mantra should be "test, test, test." Next, they divided students into four groups. One group studied and was tested [... more]
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Monitor on Psychology - Bullying stems from fear, apathy
APA Monitor article (July/August 2006) discusses that a workplace culture of permissiveness, blame and inaction can foster bullying. Psychologist Pat Ferris, MSW, PhD, was working as an employee-assistance administrator when it first happened: A ... [... more]
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Monitor on Psychology - Worrying for a living?
APA Monitor article (July/August 2006) discusses that bullying in the office can cause headaches, heartache and other health threats. No matter how hard you try to meet demands at work, your boss’s feedback becomes increasingly hostile and ... [... more]
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Monitor on Psychology - Banishing bullying
APA Monitor article (July/August 2006) discusses that communication training, well-publicized policies and even theater productions help reduce interpersonal aggression in workplaces. The logo for the Ramsey County, Minn., government is a big red ... [... more]
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