Articles, Leading Stories

R.I. bill provides for mental health services in prisons

By Howard Newman

There is a humanitarian side, as well as a practical aspect, to a new bill currently making its way through the Rhode Island legislature.

Introduced by Senate Committee...

RIPA president: plan for single licensing board ‘risky’

By Pamela Berard

Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo’s proposed FY 2016 budget would consolidate 25 non-prescribing health professional boards into a single regulation and licensing board –...

Study: Kids with ADHD treated with drugs

By Rivkela Brodsky

Nationally it appears most children are being treated for ADHD by medication alone, according to a recent study by the Centers for Disease Control and...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...