Articles, Leading Stories
Treating sexual abuse/harassment with therapy and support
By Phyllis Hanlon
Recently, print, broadcast and social media sites have been reporting sexual abuse, harassment, and misbehavior allegations on a daily basis.
While this news has focused...
Judge allows Affordable Care Act subsidies to end
By Janine Weisman
A week before the 2018 open enrollment period began, a federal judge rejected an emergency motion filed by a coalition of Democratic state attorneys general – including four...
Grant helps people who disclose assault
By Pamela Berard
Researchers at the University of New Hampshire’s Prevention Innovations Research Center are evaluating a strategy they created to help keep on campus incidents of intimate...
Psychologists at odds over science in Mass. high court case
By Janine Weisman
Twelve days after Massachusetts’ Concord District Court put Julie Eldred on probation for a larceny charge in the summer of 2016, she tested positive for fentanyl and was...
Full-service VA Hospital still possible in New Hampshire
By Catherine Robertson Souter
After a Boston Globe Spotlight report in July on the poor state of care at the Manchester, N.H., VA Medical Center, the Veteran’s Administration reacted swiftly to address...
URI offers Mental Health First Aid training
By Pamela Berard
When it comes to accidents or physical illness, First Aid training can help minimize the damage and speed up healing time. The University of Rhode Island is taking a similar...
Study: panic doesn’t increase adverse effects for pregnant women
By Pamela Berard
Neither panic disorder nor generalized anxiety disorder increased adverse birth outcomes for pregnant women, according to a recent Yale study.
However, women who used...
Role of ‘bystanders’ to abuse examined
By Catherine Robertson Souter
With multiple stories in the press and on social media around accusations of sexual abuse, harassment, and assault, a renewed focus has been placed on strengthening support for...
Weight-based bullying can lead to psychological distress
By Phyllis Hanlon
Fashion magazines, television shows, movies and other media have promoted the idea that “thin is in” for decades. While there has been a slight shift in thinking recently,...
Psychologist management jobs are highest paid
By Janine Weisman
The median annual salary for full-time psychologists holding doctorates or highest professional degrees in the United States was $85,000 in 2015, up from $80,000 in 2013,...