Articles, Leading Stories
Report reveals alarming child death statistics
By Phyllis Hanlon
On October, the Every Child Matters Education Fund (ECMEF) released eyebrow-raising findings, based on data obtained from the Department of Health and Human Services: 10,440...
Study shows Americans are sleep deprived
By Catherine Robertson Souter
Some say that Americans are less productive than their counterparts in other developed countries, are far too overweight, don’t exercise enough and now, to top it off,...
Westborough State Hospital to close ahead of schedule
By Elinor Nelson
In a money saving plan expected to help meet the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health’s $14 million shortfall entering fiscal year 2010, the state will be closing...
McLean’s coaching program offers new opportunity for psychologists
By Jennifer E Chase
Institute of Coaching at McLean Hospital in Massachusetts opened in early 2009 and is quickly becoming a reliable resource for psychologists wanting to add the skills of life...
Stress impacting teens too
By Pamela Berard
The dismal economy has not only affected American adults – teens and tweens are feeling the pressure, too.
Stress related to family finances has grown among youth in...
Stress on campuses also on the rise
By Ami Albernaz
As enriching as the college years are for most students, they undeniably come with some stress, as students are – for the first time, in many cases – squarely in charge of...
Tips offered to psychologists to cope with trying times
By Ami Albernaz
As clients have cut back on the frequency of sessions, or in some cases, ended them altogether to save money, psychologists, too, have felt the pain of the financial crisis....
Psychologists’ research focuses on metaphors
By Catherine Robertson Souter
Human language is rife with metaphors. We label an easy work assignment as a “piece of cake” and call a difficult task an “uphill battle.”
In fact, metaphors are...