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Advise NIH on Fostering Innovative Research to Improve Mental Health Outcomes Among Minority and Health Disparities Populations
The National Institute of Mental Health is requesting information on research priorities to improve mental health outcomes among minority and health disparities populations in the U.S.
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Losses. Loom. Large. And That, in Short, Explains Your Loss Aversion.
Kai Ruggeri is an assistant professor at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, and he has a proposition for you. Would you like a guaranteed $90? Or a 90% chance of $100? I personally went with the guaranteed $90. (I didn’t get the actual money this is conceptual!) And so would most people. For getting only ten more dollars, we wouldn’t risk the other 90, even with those odds. “When the differences are small, we don’t like to take risks with gains (but we do for losses),” Ruggeri said. “When the differences become larger, that changes,” he said, armed with a new set of propositions. ...
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Despite Stronger Vetting and Sampling, Certain Psychological Research Results Elude Replication
A new series of replication attempts that accounted for possible earlier shortcomings also fell short, suggesting other variables are thwarting replication in certain cases.
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RDoC at 10: Sharpening the Science of Mental Health Disorders
Launched in 2009, the RDoC framework integrates many levels of information spanning the full range of human behavior to better understand the nature of mental health and illness.
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The Story Behind “The Future of Women in Psychological Science”
In September 2020, APS published the first-ever gender parity review of psychological science: “The Future of Women in Psychological Science.” The story behind this study, as told by some of the authors, is a compelling examination of personal experiences and observations.
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What to Do When You Can’t Catch a Break
We’ve all had one of those weeks: Your car breaks down, you get in trouble at work, you spill wine on an expensive dress, a family member gets sick. Sometimes those weeks turn into months or even years, and you begin to wonder if the universe is out to get you. This year has been one of those weeks on a giant scale. “The sad truth is that the pandemic and all of the upheaval it’s caused is nothing compared to what’s going to be happening in the next decade in terms of weather events,” said Sheldon Solomon, a researcher and social psychologist. ...
