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Examining the relationship between politics and psychology
By Phyllis Hanlon
Political psychologists combine disciplines
In the run-up to the presidential election in November,...
Mass. debuts country’s first social prescribing program: Arts and culture participation is focus
By Beth Negus Viveiros
Massachusetts recently launched the first statewide arts prescription solution in the United States, to...
Maine to expand crisis centers
By Danielle Ray
The Living Room Crisis Center (LRCC) in Portland was designed to be warm and welcoming with couches,...
Behavioral health care funds to be released in Mass.
By Eileen Weber
Money meant to address staff shortages
Last year, Massachusetts set up a behavioral health fund...
Maine launches state’s first Child ACT program
By Beth Negus Viveiros
Services provided for at-risk youth and families
Sweetser has introduced Maine’s first Child Assertive Community Treatment program (Child ACT) to offer mental health...
Is Massachusetts getting closer to an AOT law?
By Catherine Robertson Souter
Support in CT for measure is non-existent
As the formal legislative session in Massachusetts ended...
Fake news: Misinformation has its own psychology
By Eileen Weber
Over the past several years, misinformation—particularly political misinformation—has been running rampant on social media. Misinformation and disinformation are not the...
Killingly, CT students will finally get much-needed mental health services
By Danielle Ray
Students in the Killingly Public Schools (KPS) district will now have access to mental health resources after the lack of them drew statewide and national attention and...
Medication treatment for opioid disorders limited at outpatient facilities
By Beth Negus Viveiros
Only 34% of outpatient community mental health treatment facilities in 20 states—including four in New...
Psychologists weigh in on benefits, pitfalls of AI
By Ami Albernaz
Can it improve assessment, diagnosis?
Five, 10, 20 years from now, what role will AI play in psychology? Chatbots-as-therapists may come to mind for some (indeed,...