Leading Stories

June 3rd, 2025

Health anxiety continues to rise

By Catherine Robertson Souter

In the aftermath of a global pandemic, an increase in medically-related anxiety is to be expected. But hypochondria, now known by the less stigmatizing term of “health...

June 3rd, 2025

Report: Prevention services should be prioritized

By Susan Gonsalves

With mental and behavioral disorders on the rise, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and...

June 1st, 2025

Facilities for at-risk kids in Mass. spared from shut downs

By Eileen Weber

Massachusetts, like so many other states, is struggling with a behavioral health crisis. A staff...

June 1st, 2025

Advocates express concern about autism database proposals

By Beth Negus Viveiros

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has drawn the ire of autism advocates and...

June 1st, 2025

Massachusetts hopes to legalize medical aid in dying

By Eileen Weber

Advocates for legalizing end-of-life care with medical aid are hoping that Massachusetts becomes the...

April 30th, 2025

Clinicians saying goodbye to insurance networks

By Eileen Weber

One primary reason the shortage of clinicians persists is because of insufficient insurance...

April 30th, 2025

Report sheds light on police shootings

By Danielle Ray

The latest report from the Maine Deadly Force Review Panel shed some light on the eight police shootings...

April 30th, 2025

May Institute marks 70th year serving individuals with autism

By Catherine Robertson Souter

In 1955, after Marie Ann May and her husband, Jacques May, M.D., realized that autism treatment for their...

April 30th, 2025

Reading Vonnegut in the playroom

By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.

Visiting the grandkids is always a special treat and we make the day-long drive as often as we can. As the years roll on, our visits change from participating in the routines...

April 30th, 2025

Mental health screenings key in ME’s ‘yellow flag’ approach to gun violence prevention

By Beth Negus Viveiros

In the wake of the mass shootings in Lewiston, Maine, the state's unique “yellow flag” law—designed...