July 1st, 2014
By Pamela Berard
In response to a rise in drug overdose deaths in Rhode Island and nationwide, Rhode Island Governor Lincoln D. Chafee in April outlined a series of ongoing actions and...
July 1st, 2014
By Pamela Berard
Tina D. Forrister, MA, was enrolled in a clinical psychology master’s degree program when she decided on a different path.
“I realized two years in that it wasn’t...
July 1st, 2014
By Pamela Berard
Twenty-two Massachusetts mental health initiatives received a total of $8 million in grants through funds recovered by the Attorney General’s Office through a settlement with...
July 1st, 2014
By Howard Newman
The overarching goal of the New Hampshire Children’s Behavioral Health Collaborative is to completely overhaul the way services are delivered to children.
“We’re...
July 1st, 2014
By Susan Gonsalves
Children ages five to eight with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) can benefit from family-based cognitive behavioral therapy, according to a study from the Bradley Hasbro...
July 1st, 2014
By Janine Weisman
The room you’re working in is too warm. You can’t focus on your project because of repeated interruptions. And you have no idea what you’re going to do for...
July 1st, 2014
By Rivkela Brodsky
Task forces to address hoarding in communities are piling up around the nation.
So says hoarding expert Randy Frost, Ph.D., professor of psychology at Smith College in...
July 1st, 2014
By Catherine Robertson Souter
On May 22, the National September 11 Memorial and Museum beneath the former site of the World Trade Center opened to the public.
The task of designing a memorial to the...
July 1st, 2014
By James K Luiselli EdD ABPP BCBA-D
“Controversy in the Psychology Classroom: Using Hot Topics to Foster Critical Thinking”
Edited by Dana S. Dunn, Regan A. R. Gurung, Karen Z. Naufel, and Janie H....
July 1st, 2014
By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.
The question I hear more and more often these days concerns when I’m planning to retire. Never mind that I’m the one doing most of the asking, but I hear it from friends...
