What do we know about preventing gun violence? With Susan Sorenson, PhD

What do we know about preventing gun violence? With Susan Sorenson, PhD

Guns killed nearly 44,000 Americans in 2020, a higher number than in any other year in the past two decades. Meanwhile, a spate of mass shootings in the spring brought gun violence to the forefront of the national conversation again. Susan Sorenson, PhD, director of the Ortner Center on Violence and Abuse at the University of Pennsylvania, discusses what we know about the causes and consequences of gun violence in the United States and whether research can offer any insight into how to prevent it. Listener Survey - https://www.apa.org/podcastsurvey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Psychology of Fashion (SOP83)

Psychology of Fashion (SOP83)

The clothes we put on everyday tell a story about who we are to the world and can have a major impact on our emotions and mood. Cognitive psychologist Carolyn Mair, PhD, who created the psychology of ...

19 Kesä 201935min

How Psychologists Can Do More to Address the Opioid Crisis (SOP82)

How Psychologists Can Do More to Address the Opioid Crisis (SOP82)

Every day in America, 130 people die from overdosing on opioids and an estimated two million people around the country are grappling with opioid addiction and it is devastating families and communitie...

5 Kesä 201939min

The Dark Side of Screen Time (SOP81)

The Dark Side of Screen Time (SOP81)

Americans spend nearly half of the day interacting with screens of all kinds -- smartphones, televisions and computers, according to a recent Nielsen report. While these technologies have made our liv...

22 Touko 201927min

Anxiety and Teen Girls (SOP80)

Anxiety and Teen Girls (SOP80)

Anxiety among teens and young adults is rising, and studies have shown that it has skyrocketed in girls. One study found that the number of girls who often felt nervous, worried or fearful jumped by 5...

8 Touko 201946min

The Psychology of Climate Change (SOP79)

The Psychology of Climate Change (SOP79)

As we grapple with a warming world and increasingly unstable weather, our mental health is at risk. Psychologists say that stress, anxiety, depression and PTSD will increase as climate change’s physic...

24 Huhti 201936min

The Mind-Gut Connection (SOP78)

The Mind-Gut Connection (SOP78)

Is your gut a second brain? Emerging research is showing that our brains and our gastrointestinal systems may be more connected than we previously thought – potentially holding profound influence over...

10 Huhti 201954min

The Psychologically Healthy Workplace (SOP77)

The Psychologically Healthy Workplace (SOP77)

We spend a significant portion of our lives at work and feeling miserable on the job can be detrimental to our mental and physical health and productivity. A work environment that is psychologically h...

27 Maalis 201940min

Bonus Episode: After New Zealand - The Spread of Extremism in the Digital Age

Bonus Episode: After New Zealand - The Spread of Extremism in the Digital Age

In the aftermath of the New Zealand mosque attacks, we explore the psychological factors that cause a person to commit heinous acts of mass violence, technology’s role in spreading extremist propagand...

21 Maalis 201934min

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