Public Education Articles and Resources

Psychological Effects of Natural Disasters

The following articles discuss how psychologists can help after a disaster, the impact of natural disasters on people’s emotional health and how to deal with traumatic stress.

• MANAGING TRAUMATIC STRESS:  AFTER THE HURRICANES
• TORNADOES, HURRICANES AND CHILDREN
• MANAGING TRAUMATIC STRESS:  DEALING WITH THE HURRICANES FROM AFAR
• MANAGE FLOOD-RELATED DISTRESS BY BUILDING RESILIENCE
• WHAT PSYCHOLOGISTS DO ON DISASTER RELIEF OPERATIONS
• RECOVERING EMOTIONALLY FROM DISASTER

Back to School Resources

• SELF-CARE STRATEGIES FOR BACK-TO-SCHOOL STRESS during covid-19
• COVID-19 AND AT HOME LEARNING – TIPS FOR PARENTS NAVIGATING THE NEW REALITIES OF ONLINE EDUCATION
• NINE TIPS FOR PARENTS NAVIGATING ONLINE LEARNING WITH THEIR CHILDREN
• DISTANCE LEARNING: 8 TIPS TO HELP YOUR CHILD LEARN AT HOME
• TIPS TO HELP YOUR CHILD FOCUS AND STAY ENGAGED DURING DISTANCE LEARNING
• REMOTE LEARNING TIPS FOR PARENTS HELPING AT HOME
• Child Mind Institute: PREPARING FOR BACK-TO-SCHOOL SUCCESS
• Child Mind Institute: ADDITIONAL RESOURCES & BACK-TO-SCHOOL TIPS
• Education: KIDS MENTAL HEALTH CAN STRUGGLE DURING ONLINE SCHOOL. HERE’S HOW TEACHERS ARE PLANNING AHEAD
• WHEN CHILDREN WITH ADHD ATTEND SCHOOL FROM HOME: AN EXPERT’S TIPS
• Learning at Home during COVID-19: TIPS FOR FOSTERING CHILDREN’S SELF-REGULATION AND PROMOTING CREATIVITY
• HELPING KIDS STAY MOTIVATED FOR LEARNING DURING SOCIAL DISTANCING
• DEALING WITH BACK-TO-SCHOOL BLUES (2019)

Stress in America (by year)
The American Psychological Association has commissioned an annual nationwide survey as part of its Mind/Body Health campaign to examine the state of stress across the country and understand its impact. The Stress in America survey measures attitudes and perceptions of stress among the general public and identifies leading sources of stress, common behaviors used to manage stress and the impact of stress on our lives. The results of the survey draw attention to the serious physical and emotional implications of stress and the inextricable link between the mind and body.

• 2023 Stress in America: A NATION RECOVERING FROM COLLECTIVE TRAUMA
• 2022 Stress in America: CONCERNED FOR THE FUTURE, BESET BY INFLATION
• 2021 Stress in America: PANDEMIC STRESS ONE YEAR ON
• 2020 Stress in America:  A NATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS
• 2020 Stress in America: STRESS IN THE TIME OF COVID-19, VOLUME TWO
• 2020 Stress in America: STRESS IN THE TIME OF COVID-19
• 2019 Stress in America: STRESS OVER ELECTION, HEALTH CARE AND MASS SHOOTINGS
• 2018 Stress in America:  SURVEY – GENERATION Z STRESSED ABOUT ISSUES IN THE NEWS BUT LEAST LIKELY TO VOTE
• 2018 Stress in America Pressroom:  METHODOLOGY, DATA CHARTS, INTERACTIVE GRAPHICS
• 2017 Stress in America: SURVEY – US AT LOWEST POINT WE CAN REMEMBER; FUTURE OF NATION MOST COMMONLY REPORTED SOURCE OF STRESS
• 2017 Stress in America:  THE STATE OF OUR NATION
• 2016 Stress in America: COPING WITH CHANGE, PART 1
• 2015 Stress in America: THE IMPACT OF DISCRIMINATION
• 2014 Annual STRESS IN AMERICA™ report. This latest survey, STRESS IN AMERICA™: PAYING WITH OUR HEALTH, focuses on money and finances. CLICK HERE to read press release, distributed over the news wires this morning
• 2014 STRESS IN AMERICA: PAYING WITH OUR HEALTH full report
• APA’S CEO DR. ARTHUR C EVANS ON STRESS IN AMERICA (video)
• 2013 Stress in America: ARE TEENS ADOPTING ADULTS’ STRESS
• 2012 Stress in America: MISSING THE HEALTH CARE CONNECTION
• 2011 Stress in America: OUR HEALTH AT RISK

Mind/Body Health

• INTERACTIVE:  CLICK HERE TO SEE HOW STRESS AFFECTS YOUR BODY’S PHYSICAL HEALTH
• Mind/Body Health:  WILLPOWER AND HEALTHY LIVING
• Mind/Body Health: HARNESSING WILLPOWER TO MEET EDUCATIONAL GOALS
• Mind/Body Health: HEART DISEASE
• Mindy/Body Health:  MAINTAINING A HEART-HEALTHY LIFESTYLE
• YOUR MIND/YOUR BODY TO CHECK OUT THE RECENT BLOG POSTS, CLICK HERE
• APA MEMBERS GET INVOLVED IN PUBLIC EDUCATION CLICK HERE TO VIEW ARTICLE
• “HAS PSYCHOTHERAPY TAKEN A BACK SEAT TO MEDICATION?” CLICK HERE TO VIEW PRESS RELEASE
• UNDERSTANDING PSYCHOTHERAPY AND HOW IT WORKS CLICK HERE TO VIEW ARTICLE
• BLOG POST FROM DR. KATHERINE NORDAL CLICK HERE TO VIEW BLOG
• PSYCHOTHERAPY WORKS!- PSYCHOTHERAPY: MORE THAN A QUICK FIX CLICK HERE TO VIEW ARTICLE
• TALK TO A PSYCHOLOGIST (DOCTORS TRAINED TO LISTEN AND HELP) CLICK HERE TO VIEW VIDEO

Additional Articles

• Talking to Teens about Stress
  1) HELP YOUR CHILD LEARN HEALTHY COPING MECHANISMS (2016)
  2) TEENS AND STRESS: HOW TO KEEP STRESS IN CHECK (2016)
• MIDDLE SCHOOL MALAISE (2016)
• TALKING TO KIDS WHEN THEY NEED HELP (2016)
• FYI – HOW PSYCHOTHERAPY HELPS PEOPLE RECOVER FROM DEPRESSION (2016)
• FYI – EATING DISORDERS:  THE ROLE OF PSYCHOTHERAPY IN EFFECTIVE TREATMENT (2016)
• FYI – ANXIETY DISORDERS: THE ROLE OF PSYCHOTHERAPY IN EFFECTIVE TREATMENT (2016)
• BUILDING RESILIENCE TO MANAGE INDIRECT EXPOSURE TO TERROR (2016)
• Video:  WELCOME TO THE PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN NETWORK (2015)
• Serious Mental Illness:
  1) SUPPORTING A FAMILY MEMBER WITH SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS (2015)
  2) HOW TO COPE WHEN A LOVED ONE HAS A SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS (2015)
  3) RECOGNIZING THE SIGNS OF SCHIZOPHRENIA (2015)
  4) RECOGNIZING THE SIGNS OF BIPOLAR DISORDER (2015)
• DEMENTIA (2015)
• Video:  LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN (2015)
  (an overview of the public education campaign network)
• MONEY AND THE FAMILY:  CREATING GOOD FINANCIAL HABITS (2014)
• HAPPY COUPLES:  HOW TO AVOID MONEY ARGUMENTS (2014)
• Managing Fears about Ebola: (2013)
  1) MANAGING YOUR FEARS ABOUT EBOLA
  2) AS EBOLA CONCERNS MOUNT, PSYCHOLOGY OFFERS GUIDANCE ON HEALTH-RISKS COMMUNICATION
• IT’S NEVER TOO LATE OR TOO EARLY TO START PLANNING FOR RETIREMENT
• PLAN AHEAD TO LESSEN HOMESICKNESS AT OVERNIGHT SUMMER CAMP
• WILLPOWER
• NEVADA PSYCHOLOGISTS ENCOURAGE ALZHEIMER’S CAREGIVERS TO IMPROVE WELL-BEING