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Gender-affirming LGBTQ+ high school to open in Berkshires Farming, the arts are specialty areas
By Danielle Ray
Opening a therapeutic gender-affirming LGBTQ+ high school in the foothills of the Berkshires in Western Mass. comes from a very personal place for founders Allison Druin,...
The overscheduled practitioner
By Ellen Anderson, Ph.D
“People don’t change.” This was relayed to me within my first week on the job by a psychologist, 30 years older than myself. As a researcher, he had some basis for this...
New center uses technology to identify, mitigate suicide risk
By Susan Gonsalves
Aim is to integrate best practices into clinical settings
A new UMass Chan Medical School center plans to use technology to assist with identifying and...
NY ban on corporal punishment sparks awareness of practice
By Ami Albernaz
In October, New York became just the fourth U.S. state to outlaw corporal punishment in private schools, joining New Jersey, Iowa, and Maryland, which passed its own ban...
Cartwheel receives $20 million for school mental health
By Eileen Weber
Company provides quick access to telehealth care
It should be no surprise that the mental health of children and adolescents was hit hard by the pandemic. But...
Poll: Less than half of Gen Z Americans are thriving
By Susan Gonsalves
More mental health struggles reported
Less than half (47 percent) of Gen Z Americans are thriving in their lives, among the lowest across all generations in the...
Here’s to what 2024 holds
By John Grohol, Psy.D.
With another passing year, I look forward to what 2024 brings—especially because 2023 has been something else.
We’ve seen the economy struggle and incomes shrink....
‘Stress in America’ survey shows adults have collective trauma
By Susan Gonsalves
Data from the most recent “Stress in America,” survey shows that people of all ages are still experiencing trauma from the pandemic that has impacted their physical and...