Articles, Leading Stories

June 1st, 2015

Study: youth with psychopathic traits mask intense emotions

By Susan Gonsalves

Not all psychopaths are cold, callous and unfeeling. Nor are they untreatable.

A new study by University of Vermont Professor Timothy Stickle, Ph.D. and graduate student...

June 1st, 2015

Experts look at motivation to join terrorist groups

By Catherine Robertson Souter

In October 2014, three American girls in suburban Colorado skipped school to jump on a plane for Turkey to join the militant terrorist group, Islamic State. Stopped in Germany...

June 1st, 2015

ACT may benefit patients with depression and psychotic features

By Phyllis Hanlon

Treatment for individuals with psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia has typically involved cognitive behavioral therapy and medication. But research is demonstrating that...

June 1st, 2015

Yale research: Internet inflates person’s sense of knowledge

By Susan Gonsalves

Thanks to Google, iPhones and the Internet, some people gain a miscalculated sense of what they know.

Researchers at Yale University conducted several experiments to...

June 1st, 2015

Program examines issues around peace, conflict

By Catherine Robertson Souter

There are two sides to every story. It’s an adage that relates both to work that researchers at University of Massachusetts Amherst are doing within the Psychology of Peace...

May 1st, 2015

Collaboration could mitigate cancer risk

By Phyllis Hanlon

The American Cancer Society predicts that 1.6 million new cases of cancer will be diagnosed in 2015 and close to 600,000 cancer-related deaths will occur. While genetics plays...

May 1st, 2015

Specialized geriatric treatment on the rise

By Catherine Robertson Souter

Americans are getting older. As the baby-boomers, those born between 1946 and1964, have hit retirement age and as Americans live longer, the population of the United States has...

May 1st, 2015

Mental health reform at heart of legislation

By Rivkela Brodsky

Legislation to reform the nation’s mental health system is likely to be reintroduced in the House and Senate in the next couple of months – but there is no timeline or...

May 1st, 2015

Budget cuts threaten Tewksbury Hospital

By Pamela Berard

Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker’s proposed Fiscal Year 2016 budget would slash funding for Tewksbury Hospital by $3.8 million, resulting in the closing of one unit...

May 1st, 2015

Recovery program emphasizes unique approach

By Janine Weisman

Every Monday morning, Randall Aamot, M.S., a Ph.D. candidate in counseling psychology at Northeastern University, walks into a group therapy room without any agenda, worksheets...

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