2026 Division 56 Officer Positions for Election: Council Representative (Three-year term, renewable for one term) Early Career Representative (Three-year term, renewable for one term) Member-At-Large (Three-year term, renewable for one term) President-Elect (One-year term, moves into the President’s office for the succeeding term) Student Representative (Two-year term, renewable for one term) Treasurer (Three-year term, renewable…
READ MORERefugee Mental Health Resource Network The Refugee Mental Health Resource Network: An APA Interdivisional Project Elizabeth Carll, Ph.D., Chair There has been a growing urgency to address the global migration problem impacting many nations including the U.S. The crisis resulting from the separation of children from their parents and families when attempting to seek refuge…
READ MORERefugee and Global Migration Mental Health United Nations Refugee Agency Operational guidance, mental health & psychosocial support programming for refugee operations: https://www.unhcr.org/us/media/operational-guidance-mental-health-psychosocial-support-programming-refugee-operations Toolkit: Suicide Prevention in Refugee Settings: https://www.unhcr.org/us/media/toolkit-suicide-prevention-refugee-settings Evidence for suicide prevention and response programs with refugees: A systematic review and recommendations (2018): https://www.unhcr.org/media/evidence-suicide-prevention-and-response-programs-refugees-systematic-review-and Addressing Alcohol and Substance Use Disorders among Refugees: A Desk…
READ MOREFrom the Voice of a Survivor: What Researchers Should Know When Partnering with Male Survivors Watch Video Mr. Christopher Anderson, the former Executive Director of MaleSurvivor, a non-profit organization devoted to helping male trauma survivors heal, narrates a web-based video designed to answer questions researchers may have about working with trauma survivors as key partners…
READ MOREWatch Video This video is a web-based training designed for health care researchers to understand, “The Importance of the Trauma Survivor Community Driving Research.” It provides information on how it is not only feasible to involve trauma survivors and their families in health care research, but how their participation is essential to the conduct and…
READ MOREWatch Video It is estimated that 1 in 6 boys are sexually abused by the time of their 18th birthday (e.g., Briere & Elliot, 2003; Holmes & Slap, 1998). However, the majority of the research on sexual abuse, including the development and testing of psychosocial interventions, focuses primarily on women. Men and boys who have experienced…
READ MOREWatch Video This video is a web-based training designed for trauma survivors to demystify research and present an introduction to research design and methodology, data collection, analysis and interpretation. The roles and responsibilities of involvement as trauma survivors as equitable partners in research as well as privacy, confidentiality, and legal protections including IRB and HIPAA…
READ MORESexual abuse is an international problem and an often overlooked public health issue for men and boys. Given the prevalence of trauma and its well documented connection to mental and physical health disorders, the relevance of male survivor input and engagement in health care research is profound. As part of an engagement project funded by…
READ MORETreatment Tip Sheet Download Treatment Sheet This Tip Sheet for psychologists and other mental health professionals who conduct clinical assessment and treatment with children and adolescents was developed by the Division 56 Child Trauma Task Force. The Tip Sheet is designed to assist clinicians in recognizing and providing empirically-supported best practices for the treatment of…
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