On March 16, 2016 the American Psychological Association released the 2015 results of the Stress in America survey. This survey focused on the incidence of discrimination in the U.S. and the impact of discrimination on one’s health. Of note, individuals with emotional support reported they were impacted less and coped better with discrimination. The 2015 Stress in America survey identified the top six causes of stress as money, work, family responsibilities, personal health concerns, health concerns of family members, and the economy. More information about the Stress in America survey, as well as the complete report, can be found at http://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/stress/index.aspx.
Contributor:
Julie T. Steck, Ph.D., HSPP
CRG/Children’s Resource Group, Indianapolis
ANNOUNCEMENT:
Join us for our Spring networking dinner on Monday, May 9th at 7pm at Kona Grill in Clay Terrace! (14395 Clay Terrace Blvd, Carmel 46032) This event is open to early career psychologists (those in practice 10 years or less) who are interested in networking opportunities in central Indiana. If you would like to attend, please RSVP to dr.ashleigh.woods@gmail.com by Friday, May 6th.
ATTENTION: As of September 10, 2015, PsychByte contributions are pre-approved by the Indiana State Psychology Board for 1 hour of Category 2 CEs for licensed psychologists in Indiana. You will receive a certificate for your CE records after you submit your PsychByte to the editor. You may earn up to 10 hours of Category 2 CEs through PsychByte contributions per license renewal period. If you are interested in providing a future PsychByte, please contact the editor Dr. Aarika White at aarikavannatter@gmail.com.
“PsychBytes” is a weekly educational resource from the Indiana Psychological Association (IPA) provided for psychologists, their colleagues and their patients. We hope you will use and share this material!
Click here to read last week’s PsychBytes, “Geriatric Attitudes and Mental Health”.
If you would like to contribute a PsychBytes article or recommend a topic for future publication, please reply to this email or contact PsychBytes editors Dr. Aarika White and Dr. Julie Steck at Communications.IPA@gmail.com.
