Articles
College students feel the mental health toll of pandemic
By Eileen Weber
In the past year, the pandemic has taken a significant mental and emotional toll. Mask wearing, social distancing, isolation, and quarantining are practically second nature....
Parenting Education: How to help your children after trauma
By New England Psychologist Staff
Some basics for managing trauma in your child:
In some ways, helping children recover from traumatic experiences, can be simple. In other ways, the...
What I learned on the Mount Misery Trail
By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.
It was one of those perfect winter days, cold and clear with the bluest of blue skies above six inches of blindingly white snow that blanketed the frozen pond, the trail...
Survey: Households with children reported feeling down, depressed, or hopeless
By Eileen Weber
Since last March, feelings of hopelessness, loneliness, and isolation are simply commonplace. What initially was presumed to be a shutdown for a few weeks has been prolonged...
Five ways professionals can cope with suicide
By New England Psychologist Staff
Professionals who work in the mental health field are not immune to loss by suicide. In fact, they and professionals in every field can succumb to suicidal thoughts themselves...
Psychologists ponder the future of their profession
By Phyllis Hanlon
When the COVID-19 virus invaded the United States last year, life as we knew it changed dramatically. For many psychologists, this shift prompted changes to the way they...
APA resolution opposes gender identity change efforts
By Phyllis Hanlon
In 1997 and 2009, the American Psychological Association (APA) issued resolutions that focused on sexual orientation change efforts. Earlier this month, the APA again adopted a...
Data shows pandemic as ‘collective traumatic experience’
By New England Psychologist Staff
A year’s worth of data on mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic has found that 40 to 50 percent of the general population is showing clinical levels of depression....
Continuing education credits for all
By John Grohol, Psy.D.
Continuing education (CE) is a vital part of a psychologists’ on-going training and keeping up with the latest developments in the field. Twenty years ago, the only way to...
Dispatch from the COVID-19 vaccine scheduling front
By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.
Dateline: February 25, 2021, the little room at the top of the stairs.
The little room at the top of the stairs is quiet now. The extra chair where my wife sat with her...