
Dr. Maysa Akbar
@drmaysaakbar
@APA Chief Diversity Officer, clinical psychologist, and best-selling author. Advocate of #racialjustice & #mentalhealth. Tweets & opinions are my own.
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American Psychological Association ‘s Dr. Maysa Akbar is live at The Southeastern Psychological Association breaking down the history of psychology’s role in the eugenics movement #whyweneededanapology #history #systemic #racism #hierarchy #SEPA2023



A new advisory from the U.S. Surgeon General shows that young people have the highest rates of loneliness, raising their risk for anxiety & depression. At #WSJFuture we talked about how parents can show up for their kids. Jason Gay Sesame Street in Communities The Wall Street Journal Visit: bit.ly/44AsTbu


“If you want to change the game you can’t always do it from the outside, you need to do it from the inside”. - Michelle Obama at #WSJFuture What a phenomenal leader. I can’t stop thinking about what she said. In fact, American Psychological Association is working hard to embrace this. bit.ly/3HITMQQ


Teach kids social media literacy! e.g., What does a "like" really mean? S'times we like a post just to be nice. Some likes are not even from real people. Careful: science shows we may be misled by posts with many likes #SafeOnSocial More from American Psychological Association: apa.org/topics/social-……

My colleague Mitch Prinstein guiding #parents and #teens about connection and #socialmedia


To my #HBCU brothers & sisters- you cannot leave #unite2023 unchanged. I self-navigated my healing journey after graduating from Florida A&M University. Imagine, a healing journey that starts on DAY 1 of stepping onto campus. Let's ensure students THRIVE! #blackmentalhealth UNCF Institute for Capacity Building (ICB)



Thank you Vice President JD Vance Kamala Harris for the warm welcome and your support for psychology and psychologists. We are so excited to be in the nation's capital for #APA2023!


It’s here! Written by Mia Smith Bynum PhD and an amazing group of scholars on the American Psychological Association task force! insidehighered.com/news/faculty-i…. It’s time to fix systemic barriers to promotion and tenure if we want a science that truly represents all humans’ behavior!



Misinformation spreads rapidly across social media & other online platforms, posing risks to individual health & societal well-being. A new American Psychological Association consensus statement offers the best available #psychscience on #misinformation & recommended interventions: apa.org/pubs/reports/h…

Join the #YMCA on Jan. 12 to inspire our youth, celebrate history, & honor today’s civic leaders who put Dr. King’s mission into action. > ymcanj.org/mlk ✨ Suzy Dyer ✨ Kelly Ellis-Foster ✨ Ritesh Shah Charitable Pharmacy ✨ Keynote Speaker: Dr. Maysa Akbar #MLK


These American Psychological Association FREE science trainings are a huge hit! Join the thousands (!!) who have registered and get FREE access to recordings!! More info here: apa.org/science/progra… ps - Did I mention they are all FREE!!!!!


What if we thought about mental health as a lane within the highway of population health? - Dr. Maysa Akbar on promoting equity in #thisispedspsych #SPPAC2024 Society of Pediatric Psychology


Grateful to have had Dr. Maysa Akbar today to open us up with an amazing plenary talk about the future of EDI in Society of Pediatric Psychology!! #SPPAC2024 Dr. Lauren Harrison
