Articles, Leading Stories
Area of brain impacts anxiety about the future, study says
By Rivkela Brodsky
A group of researchers at Dartmouth College have found a connection between an area of the brain, the striatum, and a person’s intolerance of uncertainty – anxiety or...
Agencies investigate Whiting Forensic Division
By Rivkela Brodsky
There are several ongoing investigations into allegations of patient abuse at the Whiting Forensic Division of Connecticut Valley Hospital, a public hospital in Middletown,...
Bill would allow supervision-free practice under Medicare
By Rivkela Brodsky
Federal legislation introduced in the House and Senate in February would allow psychologists to practice independent of physician supervision under...
Court decision prompts bill on disclosure
By Rivkela Brodsky
Legislation introduced in the Vermont Legislature this session is meant to provide clarity on what a mental health professional’s duty is to disclose...
Addiction Campus opens in Massachusetts
By Rivkela Brodsky
Addiction Campuses, a company based in Brentwood, Tenn., offering comprehensive drug and alcohol treatment programs at facilities around the country has opened its fourth...
Surgeon General report: A call to action on addiction
By Rivkela Brodsky
In November 2016, the U.S. Surgeon General for the first time issued a report on alcohol, drugs, and health – calling addiction, “one of America’s most pressing public...
Prescriptive authority among VPA legislative initiatives
By Rivkela Brodsky
The Vermont Psychological Association has three main areas of focus for the 2017 state legislative session: healthcare reform, insurance coverage of telehealth services and...
Program helps military families cope with alcohol abuse
By Rivkela Brodsky
Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester, Mass., are in year three of a four-year grant to study and provide military couples with alcohol and...
Grant aims to build trauma sensitivity in schools
By Rivkela Brodsky
Providence Children &Youth Cabinet – a coalition of organizations, systems, residents and youth organized around community-generated priorities in Providence, R.I. –...
Survey: Presidential campaign takes toll on workers
By Rivkela Brodsky
The U.S. presidential campaign is taking a toll on workers, according to a recent survey by the American Psychological Association, which found one in four workers were...