Multicultural and Diversity
Cascading Climate Hazards and Environmental Justice
Cascading Climate Hazards and Environmental Justice In Communities on the Fenceline of Polluting Industries Alique Berberian, MPH, MIA Section Editor: Claire J. Starrs Climate change, driven largely by human activities like fossil fuel use and greenhouse gas emissions, is having widespread and unprecedented impacts on physical environments and populations in many regions across the world…
Read MoreEthnotraumatology: Understanding Trauma in Black, Indigenous, and Diverse Ethnic Communities
Ethnotraumatology: Understanding Trauma in Black, Indigenous, & Diverse Ethnic Communities Educating Psychologists Beyond A Western Framework Lisseth London, PhD Karen Brown, PhD PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA Psychological trauma, as defined by the American Psychological Association, refers to the emotional response to an event or series of events that overwhelms an individual’s capacity to cope. The clinical definitions…
Read MoreMental Health of Older Adults with a Refugee Life Experience
Rochelle L. Frounfelker & Tej Mishra Section Editor:Claire J. StarrsOpinions expressed by the authors are their own and not necessarily those of APA, Division 56, or any member of the editorial board. Mental Health of Older Refugees The most recent data from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) indicates that the number of…
Read MoreCOVID-19 and Asian American and Pacific Islander Healthcare Providers The Importance of an Ecological Lens when Examining Stressor Exposure and Outcomes
Terri L. Weaver, Sophia R. McMorrow, Sydney L. Bell, Jeane Bosch, & Jintong Tang The SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19 pandemic was a cataclysmic global event that overwhelmed healthcare systems, profoundly impacted healthcare providers’ mental and physical health (Magill et al., 2020), and brought racism, cultural and systemic disparities into hyper focus (Singu, Acharya, et al., 2020).…
Read MoreNavigating Perceptions of Child Abuse with Culturally Diverse Families In A Trauma-Informed & Strengths-Based Way
Elizabeth K. Lee In the United States, approximately 1 out of 7 children is identified as having experienced child abuse within the past year (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2022). In 2021, this equated to approximately 600,000 children (National Children’s Alliance, 2023). A recent report by UNICEF (2021), estimated that globally, around 80% of…
Read MoreReligiosity / Spirituality & WellBeing in BIPOC & LGBTQ+ Communities
In briefClaire J. Starrs & Zaine A. Roberts Religiosity has been shown to be related to indicators of well-being such as hope, optimism, happiness, and quality of life (Gonçalves, et al., 2017; Panzini, et al. 2017; Peres, et al., 2017), as well as lower distress, even in the face of major stressors, such as cancer,…
Read MoreExploring the Wellness of Black Women Who Describe a Criterion A Trauma in their Life Story
Jessica Krukowski, Ed St. Aubin, & Karen RobinsonSection Editor: Sydney Timmer-Murillo Black women live in an intersection between two marginalized identities: their Blackness and their womanhood (King, 2019). Oftentimes the challenges Black men and boys face become synonymous with the entire Black experience (Patton et al., 2016). As a result, solidarity becomes asymmetrical, and the…
Read MoreContextualizing Dissociation and Dissociative Disorders
Multicultural Considerations for the Past, Present, & Future of our Field Nicholas A. Pierorazio, Christina M. Dardis, & Bethany L. BrandSection Editor: Claire J. Starrs Dissociation is presently understood as a disconnection and/or disintegration in consciousness, memory, identity, emotion, perception, somatic experience, motor functioning, and/or behavior (American Psychiatric Association, 2022). Dissociation may range from being…
Read MoreTransforming Horizontal Violence Globally
Ani Kalayjian & Andrew Dolinear Section Editor: Claire J. Starrs The Association of Trauma Outreach and Prevention (ATOP) MeaningfulWorld is an international non-governmental organization affiliated with the United Nation’s Department of Global Communication. MeaningfulWorld offers mental health education programs and workshops focusing on empowerment, stress management, time management, creating a healthy workplace, preventing burnouts, mindfulness,…
Read MoreEndurance, Resilience, and Creativity
Transforming crises into fresh beginningsNaji Abi-Hashem Naji Abi-Hashem, PhD, MDiv, MA, DAAETS, is a clinical and cultural psychologist, public speaker, author, visiting professor, cross-cultural worker, consultant, ordained minister, and caregiver at large. He is a Lebanese American who is involved in international service, teaching-training, humanitarian aid, speaking, counseling, editing/writing, publishing, volunteering, global network consultation, pastoral…
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