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Research: Borderline personality disorder and eating disorders associated with suicide risk?
By Eileen Weber
Suicide and suicide attempts are on the rise. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, suicide rates rose by 33 percent between 1999 and 2019. It is the...
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 adult may have to provide perspective, the fear, anger,...
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...
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 way, major changes could be coming to how the U.S. addresses mental...
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...
Industrial-occupational psychology is fastest growing field
By Phyllis Hanlon
The Occupational Outlook Handbook, issued by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), predicts that industrial-occupational (I-O) psychology will be one of the fastest growing...
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 different answers. Many will say they chose to follow an interest from...
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 pandemic and, in many areas of the country, is at a crisis point right...
Trauma-based theater impacts kids at risk
By Eileen Weber
Sports, art, dance—these kinds of activities have always been enriching for school-aged children. But for some kids, theater is their best bet and there’s data to back that...
Research: Financial incentives may help prompt vaccinations
By New England Psychologist Staff
Cold hard cash may be one way to get those people who still have not been vaccinated against COVID-19 to get their shots.
That was the takeaway from a team of...