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Highlights from the 2023 Annual Convention

The Association of Black Psychologists held it’s 54th Annual Convention in Detroit, Michigan with the theme, Homecoming: (Re) Claiming Our Divine African – Knowing, Being, Doing, and Belonging. The convention was filled with love, excitement, scholarship, and...

Check out JBP 2022 November Issue

Dec 1, 2022 | Around The ABPsi

Below is a summary of these wonderful articles on the psychological experiences of Black people. Four new articles will be published in the November 2022 issue of the Journal of Black Psychology. Dr. Marcus Watson at SUNY Buffalo State, provides the lead article. This...

ABPsi – Pittsburgh Public Schools Initiative:

Dec 1, 2022 | Around The ABPsi

Culturally Responsive & Trauma-Informed Training for New Results "Education intensifies natural gifts and ability, but mere education, unless founded on a historical and cultural framework, will bear no fruits." H.I.M. Emperor Haile Selassie I Disparities in the...

The COVID-19/Racial Injustice Syndemic and Mental Health among Black Americans

Dec 1, 2022 | COVID 19

By: Kevin Cokley, Ph.D. | University of Michigan During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Urban League commissioned a multi-racial needs assessment research study to examine disparities among four priority communities of color (COC): Black (African...

Social Media and COVID 19

Dec 1, 2022 | Black Wellness

By: Nina Ellis-Hervey Ph.D., L.P., N.C.S.P., L.S.S.P., C.P.C. | Owner & CEO at BeautifulBrwnBabyDol LLC As the world grapples with the ongoing pandemic, mental health has become increasingly important. Sure the internet offers a myriad of encouraging stories,...

The ABPsi COVID Needs Assessment

Dec 1, 2022 | Research Corner

By: Drs. Kathy Burlew and Suzanne Cunningham-Randolph The pandemic has adversely impacted the mental health of adults, couples, children, and families of Afrikan ancestry living in the United States in multiple ways. Most significant is the exposure of structural and...

Donald Trump and the Rebirth of the Ku Klux Klan; and The Queen is Dead, Long Live the King?

Dec 1, 2022 | Pressure

Donald J. Trump is the de facto Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan. A strong assertion requires strong proof. That proof is readily available. Donald’s father, Fred, was arrested at a rally of the Ku Klux Klan in Queens, New York in 1927. His father, with Donald’s...

Impact of COVID-19 on Black college students

Dec 1, 2022 | COVID 19

By: Sherry D. Molock, Ph.D., Siobhonn Job, MA & Alana Rule, MA Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, George Washington University. The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic disproportionately affects Black Americans in the United States (US), with...

Mentally Ill & Justice Involved: The Forensic Mental Health System

Dec 1, 2022 | COVID 19

Across the nation, people of color in general and African Americans specifically are far more likely to encounter the criminal justice system than the general population. In fact, people of color account for nearly 60% of the incarcerated population, with every 1 in...