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100th anniversary of the Global Alliance for Behavioral Health and Social Justice

In their American Journal of Orthopsychiatry special issue, McLeigh and Walker reflect on the Global Alliance for Behavioral Health and Social Justice’s long-standing commitments.

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Cultural Stress and Cultural Stress Theory

Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology, Vol. 30, No. 4, October 2024. This special issue outlines key directions for future research on cultural stress, highlighting the expansion of cultural stress theory in new ways.

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How COVID-19 transformed family dinners

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Some birds talk, but do they understand you?

Irene Pepperberg, PhD, talks about her 5 decades of research with gray parrots, how the field of animal cognition has evolved, and what it can teach us about intelligence.

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