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Study: Vets show decrease in suicidal thoughts, behaviors during pandemic
By Susan Gonsalves
Subset group has these experiences for first time
Some evidence suggests the COVID-19 pandemic led to increases in loneliness, isolation, substance use, and...
Report: 95 percent of prison population has mental health, substance use disorders
By Susan Gonsalves
CT Sentencing Commission aims for data to assist policymakers
A 2023 report from the Connecticut Sentencing Commission found that 95.5 percent of the...
Treatment varies for people with hoarding disorder
By Phyllis Hanlon
More practitioners needed in field
The problem of hoarding went relatively unnoticed as a behavioral issue until the first systematic study of the condition was...
Flood of anti-transgender legislation takes mental health toll on population
By Eileen Weber
Study: One in three report poor mental health often or always
Republicans have launched a series of legislative efforts limiting transgender youth to access...
Study: Homelessness higher in specific demographics
By Eileen Weber
Blacks, Indigenous are most affected
More than 3.5 million Americans experience the public health crisis of homelessness. And demographics play a role in the...
Institutional structures can help drive inequities, study says
By Andrew Cromarty
Person-centering may help counter trend
Organizational structures in mental health care may shape staff perceptions and behaviors in biased ways—usually...
Bill would provide peer mental health support
By Danielle Ray
Representative Becca Balint’s (D-Vermont at-large District) very first bill introduced in Washington D.C. addresses mental health support for kids. She said it will not be...
An AI chatbot for eating disorders gives harmful responses
By New England Psychologist Staff
An artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot called Tessa, programmed to deliver an interactive program called Body Positive developed by Ellen Fitzsimmons-Craft Ph.D. and other...
Two states, same problem: Staffing shortages plague industry
By Eileen Weber
Mass. and RI weigh in on nationwide dilemma
The mental health field has been hit hard with the nationwide staffing shortage that has impacted physicians,...
NH secures ARPA funds for psych services expansion
By Christina P. O'Neill
The federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) has approved $15 million for a $55-$60 million, at least 120-bed standalone hospital project in South Central New Hampshire....