Articles, Leading Stories
MPA advocates lifting gun research funding ban
By Janine Weisman
A move by the Massachusetts Psychological Association to push for the removal of barriers on the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s ability to fund research on...
Maine law places restrictions on opioid prescriptions
By Pamela Berard
Echoing a nation-wide problem, Maine is working to stem the rise of opioid use and overdose.
Maine reported more than 270 drug overdose deaths in 2015 – a 31 percent...
Massachusetts extends deadline for EHR adoption
By Janine Weisman
Massachusetts behavioral health care providers have more time to fully adopt electronic health record systems (EHR) that connect to the state’s health information exchange...
Bridgewater State Hospital to enhance treatment services
By Pamela Berard
Bridgewater State Hospital, Massachusetts’ only secure psychiatric hospital for adult males, which houses and treats mentally ill men either charged with or convicted of a...
Chief medical officer resigns from New Hampshire Hospital
By Catherine Robertson Souter
After a tumultuous seven months that has seen a number of resignations of hospital staff, the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services recently announced the...
Grant aims to build trauma sensitivity in schools
By Rivkela Brodsky
Providence Children &Youth Cabinet – a coalition of organizations, systems, residents and youth organized around community-generated priorities in Providence, R.I. –...
New England Center for Children opens research institute
By Phyllis Hanlon
In 1975, the New England Center for Children (NECC) in Southborough was founded to “transform the lives of children with autism worldwide through education, research and...
Survey: Presidential campaign takes toll on workers
By Rivkela Brodsky
The U.S. presidential campaign is taking a toll on workers, according to a recent survey by the American Psychological Association, which found one in four workers were...
Research focuses on physical impacts, genetic roots of PTSD
By Susan Gonsalves
There’s a perception that posttraumatic stress disorder is something suffered by men who go to war. While that is sometimes the case, the disorder is more often experienced...
New MPA president outlines goals, priorities
By Catherine Robertson Souter
With experience in a number of different areas, Dawn Cisewksi, Psy.D, must have seemed like a perfect fit as the newest president for the Massachusetts Psychological...