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November 14th, 2021

Look at immediate environment when helping adolescents cope in changing world

By Catherine Robertson Souter

Coming of age is difficult enough. For today's teens and adolescents, not having the life experience an...

November 13th, 2021

Drama therapy: Creating meaningful change for those in recovery

By Phyllis Hanlon

Since the sixth century BC, drama has been a prime source of entertainment as well as an effective vehicle for developing social, communication, and language skills. Dramatic...

November 13th, 2021

Could major change be coming to how the United States addresses mental health care?

By Catherine Robertson Souter

If New Hampshire Rep. Annie Kuster, along with a bipartisan group of 144 U.S. House lawmakers have their...

October 4th, 2021

NH mobile crisis teams face staffing challenges

By New England Psychologist Staff

New Hampshire’s 10 community mental health centers have the funding to operate mobile crisis teams. That’s the good news. The bad news? They don’t have enough staff to...

October 4th, 2021

Clinician helps others work through employment, pandemic burnout

By Catherine Robertson Souter

After 18 months of a fever pitch of stress and anxiety, it is no wonder that people are feeling burnt out. Having our worlds upended, with forced time to reflect, has left...

October 3rd, 2021

Industrial-occupational psychology is fastest growing field

By Phyllis Hanlon

The Occupational Outlook Handbook, issued by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), predicts that...

October 3rd, 2021

How many photos do we really need?

By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.

I’m getting to know the folks at Apple pretty well, from the greeters with their iPads at the front of their mall store, the geniuses at the big table up front, to the good...

October 3rd, 2021

Choosing a specialty can be challenging decision

By Catherine Robertson Souter

If you ask 100 psychologists how they chose what they do, the specialty or the setting, you will get 100...

October 3rd, 2021

Rhode Island introduces harm reduction centers

By Eileen Weber

Rhode Island is the first state in the U.S. to enact a law designated for harm reduction centers....

October 2nd, 2021

Workforce shortage escalates to crisis point

By New England Psychologist Staff

The workforce shortage in mental health, already a concern before 2020, has gotten worse during the...