Articles, Leading Stories
Licensing master’s level psychologists could help fill gaps
By Beth Negus Viveiros
About 160 million Americans live in areas with mental health professional shortages, with more than 8,000 additional professionals needed to fill the demand, according to the...
NH bill targets transitional housing
By Eileen Weber
New Hampshire is trying to improve transitional housing for people with mental illness who might otherwise be homeless.
Currently under committee perusal, Senate Bill...
Connecticut Medical Center opens new pediatric facility
By Eileen Weber
Connecticut Children’s Medical Center in Hartford, Conn. is one of two units in New England and the only one in Connecticut that provides both pediatric and psychiatric...
Text line option offered by Rutland Mental Health Services Community Care Network
By Danielle Ray
VERMONT – Rutland Mental Health Services Community Care Network began offering a text line around the same time as the transition to the 988 Suicide &...
Rhode Island joins PSYPACT to increase providers, decrease wait times
By Eileen Weber
Since the pandemic, mental health issues for both children and adults have increased, creating a widespread push for online access to healthcare.
As a result, Rhode...
CT makes recommendations to improve children’s behavioral health
By Eileen Weber
What came first, the increase in children’s mental health issues or the shortage in staff to help them?
According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), anxiety,...
Harvard recruits influencers to share mental health information
By Beth Negus Viveiros
Harvard University is partnering with a team of TikTok and Instagram creators and influencers to engage the public in two-way conversations about mental health.
“It...
Youth trauma, staffing shortages impacting residential schools
By Phyllis Hanlon
Increased drug use also a factor
The American Psychological Association’s latest “Stress in America” survey indicated that respondents are suffering...
The League School’s neurodiversity project relies on community, business partnerships
By Eileen Weber
Career Learning Center in the works
Neurodiverse students display behaviors associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) or other neurologically atypical...
Proposed legislation would ban aversive therapy in Massachusetts
By New England Psychologist Staff
Judge Rotenberg Center uses, defends practice
Opponents of the use of electric shock therapy to treat severe behavioral...