Articles, Leading Stories
The doctor is in: Calling yourself a Dr.
By Ellen Anderson, Ph.D
What does it mean when a patient addresses you by your first name? Even when offering psychiatric help for the low price of five cents, Lucy (from the Peanuts comic strip)...
NE states consider legalizing Psilocybin
By Beth Negus Viveiros
Bills that could decriminalize psilocybin for therapeutic purposes are under consideration in several New...
Vermont aims for passage of prescriptive authority bill in 2024
By Andrew Cromarty
Could this help the prescriber shortage?
In 2017, Connecticut sought to join New Mexico, Louisiana,...
Study: Vets show decrease in suicidal thoughts, behaviors during pandemic
By Susan Gonsalves
Subset group has these experiences for first time
Some evidence suggests the COVID-19 pandemic led...
Report: 95 percent of prison population has mental health, substance use disorders
By Susan Gonsalves
CT Sentencing Commission aims for data to assist policymakers
A 2023 report from the Connecticut...
Treatment varies for people with hoarding disorder
By Phyllis Hanlon
More practitioners needed in field
The problem of hoarding went relatively unnoticed as a...
Flood of anti-transgender legislation takes mental health toll on population
By Eileen Weber
Study: One in three report poor mental health often or always
Republicans have launched a series of...
Study: Homelessness higher in specific demographics
By Eileen Weber
Blacks, Indigenous are most affected
More than 3.5 million Americans experience the public health...
Institutional structures can help drive inequities, study says
By Andrew Cromarty
Person-centering may help counter trend
Organizational structures in mental health care may shape...
Bill would provide peer mental health support
By Danielle Ray
Representative Becca Balint’s (D-Vermont at-large District) very first bill introduced in Washington D.C. addresses mental health support for kids. She said it will not be...