Leading Stories
The 2026 Medicare policy changes that affect your patients
By Eileen Weber
In late 2025, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) issued a final ruling on the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for 2026. It primarily focused on updating payment...
Steering Committee member: Even small DSM changes matter
By Tricia Stortz
Even minor updates to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders can influence day-to-day clinical practice, from how clinicians document cases to how patients...
Beyond the medals: Supporting athletes’ mental health
By Beth Negus Viveiros
Elite athletes spend years training for one defining physical performance. But long-term success depends equally on mental resilience. Public scrutiny, the stigma of appearing...
Disaster Resource Network shifts its focus
By Catherine Robertson Souter
One word can change a lot, as the Massachusetts Psychological Association’s (MPA) Disaster Resource Network discovered following a name change in 2016.
When the MPA...
Mindfulness is window to knowledge about nervous system
By Catherine Robertson Souter
While nearly five percent of the U.S. population experiences true Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), the “winter blues” have a way of affecting all of us from a...
Intervening Early: Behavioral indicators in active shooter prevention
By Beth Negus Viveiros
Early identification and intervention for children showing troubling behavioral traits could...
Living with long COVID: A researcher’s perspective on mental health and care gaps
By Tricia Stortz
When Beth Stelson contracted COVID-19 nearly six years ago, she expected to recover. Instead, she became...
Massachusetts moves to legalize ‘magic mushrooms’
By Eileen Weber
Massachusetts hopes to bring psychedelic therapy to the state. The Joint Committee on Public Health voted...
The bitter cocktail of stress and politics
By Eileen Weber
To discover how politics can affect mental health just ask anyone who has attended a family gathering...