Articles, Leading Stories

October 1st, 2013

Cyberbullying common across grades 9-12

By Janine Weisman

One in six high school students (16 percent) have been victims of electronic bullying in the past year, reveals a study presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS)...

October 1st, 2013

AUNE awarded grant to improve outcomes for children

By Catherine Robertson Souter

Antioch University of New England’s Center for Research on Psychological Practice (CROPP) was awarded a contract by the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services...

October 1st, 2013

MSPP lays off seven faculty, staff members

By Catherine Robertson Souter

On August 14, seven faculty and staff members at the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology (MSPP) were informed that they were being laid off from the school because...

October 1st, 2013

Experts weigh in on unconscious bias

By Catherine Robertson Souter

In the wake of the Trayvon Martin case, Americans have found ourselves asking some very difficult questions. Beyond the facts of that night, a young African-American boy leaves...

August 21st, 2013

Psychosocial oncologists: a critical niche in the field

By Phyllis Hanlon

Cancer is the second most common cause of death in the United States, according to the American Cancer Society (ACS); the organization expects 1.6 million new cases will be...

August 21st, 2013

Courts, governments scrutinize insurers

By Pamela Berard

State governments and courts are scrutinizing whether insurers are complying with laws meant to ensure care for the mentally ill.

Massachusetts Attorney General Martha...

August 21st, 2013

Insurance re-write has consequences

By Catherine Robertson Souter

As the first state in the country to attempt to institute a government-funded universal health care plan, Vermont will have all eyes on it as the rest of the nation watches how...

August 21st, 2013

CHA rescinds cuts to children’s services

By Howard Newman

The current level of psychiatric inpatient youth services at the Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) will survive for another year, at least, but the organization’s struggles to...

August 21st, 2013

Law establishes ‘best practices’ plan

By Rivkela Brodsky

A new law passed in Connecticut aims to establish a ‘best practices’ plan when it comes to treating the mental, emotional and behavioral health of children in the...

August 21st, 2013

Exercise program geared toward treatment reluctant veterans

By Susan Gonsalves

The Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital in Bedford, Mass. (Bedford VAMC) will offer an exercise program designed to engage and motivate veterans who shun traditional...

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