March 4th, 2024
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...
February 3rd, 2024
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,...
October 1st, 2023
By Eileen Weber
Bill focuses on access, play issues
Connecticut’s recently passed Senate Bill 2 focuses on providing more access to mental...
April 2nd, 2023
By Andrew Cromarty
Children’s mental health will remain a top priority for Connecticut lawmakers this session. The state’s Children’s Committee and Committee on Education continue to...
January 9th, 2023
By Catherine Robertson Souter
Human beings evolved to be more in tune with the natural world and are built for more physical labor, than what most of us experience today. Could an increase in exercise...
September 6th, 2022
By Eileen Weber
The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) was put into law in March 2021 with $350 billion allocated to aid public health, economic, and community programs. Of that $350 billion,...
September 2nd, 2021
By Phyllis Hanlon
Mental health providers have long experienced issues with reimbursement from insurers. But in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, these challenges have dramatically...
February 9th, 2021
By Eileen Weber
Across the country, reports of domestic abuse have been on the rise during the pandemic. In December 2020, the New England Journal of Medicine cited this increase, calling it a...
October 6th, 2020
By Catherine Robertson Souter
The state of Connecticut is looking to take the lead on creating an emotionally strong educational system. The Department of Education has joined forces with stakeholders...
April 19th, 2020
By Janine Weisman
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