November 14th, 2021
By Catherine Robertson Souter
Coming of age is difficult enough. For today’s teens and adolescents, not having the life experience an adult may have to provide perspective, the fear, anger,...
November 13th, 2021
By Phyllis Hanlon
Since the sixth century BC, drama has been a prime source of entertainment as well as an effective vehicle for developing social, communication, and language skills. Dramatic...
November 13th, 2021
By Catherine Robertson Souter
If New Hampshire Rep. Annie Kuster, along with a bipartisan group of 144 U.S. House lawmakers have their way, major changes could be coming to how the U.S. addresses mental...
October 4th, 2021
By New England Psychologist Staff
New Hampshire’s 10 community mental health centers have the funding to operate mobile crisis teams. That’s the good news. The bad news? They don’t have enough staff to...
October 4th, 2021
By Catherine Robertson Souter
After 18 months of a fever pitch of stress and anxiety, it is no wonder that people are feeling burnt out. Having our worlds upended, with forced time to reflect, has left...
October 3rd, 2021
By Phyllis Hanlon
The Occupational Outlook Handbook, issued by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), predicts that industrial-occupational (I-O) psychology will be one of the fastest growing...
October 3rd, 2021
By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.
I’m getting to know the folks at Apple pretty well, from the greeters with their iPads at the front of their mall store, the geniuses at the big table up front, to the good...
October 3rd, 2021
By Catherine Robertson Souter
If you ask 100 psychologists how they chose what they do, the specialty or the setting, you will get 100 different answers. Many will say they chose to follow an interest from...
October 3rd, 2021
By Eileen Weber
Rhode Island is the first state in the U.S. to enact a law designated for harm reduction centers. Effective March 2022, these centers, also known as overdose prevention sites...
October 2nd, 2021
By New England Psychologist Staff
The workforce shortage in mental health, already a concern before 2020, has gotten worse during the pandemic and, in many areas of the country, is at a crisis point right...