Articles, Leading Stories
Treating Long COVID mental health symptoms requires coordination
By Beth Negus Viveiros
Communication between mental health professionals and primary care providers (PCPs) is key to proper diagnosis and treatment of Long COVID mental health issues.
Because...
Postpartum psychosis: A complex mix of serious symptoms
By Phyllis Hanlon
Several risk factors cited
Amanda Brown struggled with infertility and suffered two miscarriages before she experienced a...
Research highlights health care inequity in Massachusetts
By Beth Negus Viveiros
Communities of color most impacted
Health care equity is a moral imperative and a new study reveals that it is a financial one as well.
The...
Kids’ mental health getting a boost in Connecticut
By Eileen Weber
Bill focuses on access, play issues
Connecticut’s recently passed Senate Bill 2 focuses on providing more access to mental...
988 Lifeline focuses on increasing awareness in second year
By Beth Negus Viveiros
Despite low public awareness, the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline answered nearly five million texts, chats, and calls in its first year.
Launched in July 2022, the...
Task Force recommends anxiety screening for adults under 65
By Susan Gonsalves
Older population requires further review
In June, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force issued its final recommendation to support screening for...
Are psychologists more vulnerable to violence?
By Ami Albernaz
As legislation aimed at curbing the rights of transgender people has gained momentum, Sidney Trantham, Ph.D., a Brookline, Mass. psychologist who works with transgender and...
Future of telehealth coverage uncertain
By Beth Negus Viveiros
Rules differ state to state
Telehealth became the new normal for both mental health patients and providers during the pandemic. But as public health emergency...
Providers using more apps in treatment but with caution
By Eileen Weber
Privacy issues are common concern
Since the pandemic, the saying, `there’s an app for that,” is applying to more...
Vermont establishes mental health urgent care centers as alternatives to emergency departments
By Danielle Ray
Vermont is addressing the ever-growing mental health crisis with a forward-thinking idea –mental health urgent care centers across the state, including an inaugural one...