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Health Information Exchange: What does it mean for psychologists?
By Ellen Anderson, Ph.D
Are you aware that mental health treatment might be included as part of your state’s health information exchange (HIE)? All New England states have an HIE as part of the...
How can psychologists help kids in aftermath of school shootings?
By Andrew Cromarty
The recent episode of gun violence at The Covenant School in Nashville, TN, that ended the lives of three students and three teachers marked the 19th school shooting of 2023....
Mass. seeks legislation to implement involuntary outpatient commitment
By Christina P. O'Neill
Involuntary outpatient commitment (IOC) targets persons documented as presenting a danger to themselves and/or others, with intent to supply community-based psychiatric care...
Finding the light
By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.
In March, I wrote about the challenge of walking in the dark, finding our way in life through a series of decisions guided in each case by unreliable and insufficient...
VT bill targets mental healthcare in interstate counseling compact
By Eileen Weber
In mid-March, Vermont’s House of Representatives passed a bill that would make practicing across state lines a lot easier for licensed mental health professionals. The bill...
States ranked on prevalence of mental illness, access to care
By Susan Gonsalves
Inequities also highlighted
Using data that does not reflect the COVID-19 pandemic era, nearly 50 million or 19.86 percent of American adults experienced a...