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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How parents and their adult children can build strong relationships, with Laurence Steinberg, PhD

How parents and their adult children can build strong relationships, with Laurence Steinberg, PhD

The lives of young adults look far different than they did a generation ago: The average age at which people marry and have children is higher than ever, and rising housing costs mean more young adult...

17 Mai 202337min

How social media affects teens’ mental health, with Jacqueline Nesi, PhD

How social media affects teens’ mental health, with Jacqueline Nesi, PhD

Congress and state legislators are considering laws to restrict teen social media use, and school districts are suing social media companies for harming kids’ mental health. Are parents and policy mak...

10 Mai 202332min

The ‘silent epidemic’ of eating disorders, with Cheri Levinson, PhD

The ‘silent epidemic’ of eating disorders, with Cheri Levinson, PhD

Researchers who study eating disorders sometimes call them the silent epidemic. Despite the stereotype that these disorders afflict only young white women, the truth is that they occur among people of...

3 Mai 202343min

The promise of brain stimulation treatments for depression, with Sarah Lisanby, MD, and Diana Daniele

The promise of brain stimulation treatments for depression, with Sarah Lisanby, MD, and Diana Daniele

Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) has been a treatment option for people with major depression since it was approved by the FDA in 2008. Today, it is also used to treat obsessive compulsive diso...

26 Apr 202339min

How do you build a successful team? With Eduardo Salas, PhD

How do you build a successful team? With Eduardo Salas, PhD

Very few people do their jobs entirely on their own. For most of us, doing our job well means being part of a well-functioning team. Eduardo Salas, PhD, of Rice University, talks about the key ingredi...

19 Apr 202338min

What you know about aging is probably wrong, with Manfred Diehl, PhD

What you know about aging is probably wrong, with Manfred Diehl, PhD

While ageism may be one of the last socially acceptable biases, research shows that aging often comes with positive changes. And by believing in and propagating negative myths about aging, we can do o...

12 Apr 202333min

How early detection could change autism diagnosis and intervention, with Geraldine Dawson, PhD

How early detection could change autism diagnosis and intervention, with Geraldine Dawson, PhD

About one in 36 children in the U.S. has been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. Geraldine Dawson, PhD, of Duke University, discusses why the number of diagnoses has risen so steeply in recent y...

5 Apr 202347min

What does modern retirement look like? With Mo Wang, PhD

What does modern retirement look like? With Mo Wang, PhD

Forget the stereotype of a good-bye party in the break room followed by endless days on the golf course. Today, workers are staying on the job longer and taking on more “bridge employment,” or post-re...

29 Mar 202332min

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