Articles, Leading Stories
Initiative focuses on child homelessness
By Pamela Berard
Homeless children face immediate needs – such as food and shelter – but the experience also leaves them with more permanent scars.
Among them, homeless children are...
MassHealth claims have new stipulations
By Catherine Robertson Souter
In order to comply with a section of the Affordable Care Act that went into effect in 2011, Massachusetts recently changed its regulations to require that claims to MassHealth...
Law would expand screening tool
By Rivkela Brodsky
Lawmakers and an organization dedicated to reforming the children’s mental health system in Massachusetts are working to expand a substance abuse screening tool in all public...
Mobile app at Walden monitors recovery
By Pamela Berard
A Massachusetts private psychiatric hospital is using a mobile app for co-managing eating disorder recovery in real time.
Walden Behavioral Care of Waltham, which...
Digital Playground popular
By Janine Weisman
His name is Alex and he was in the eighth grade last February when he anchored the “Greenwood News.” He enthusiastically reports the arrival of new students on campus and...
EChO program challenges youth
By Catherine Robertson Souter
Visitors to a small school in the scenic New Hampshire town of Northfield may be surprised to find students climbing walls, skiing hills, biking trails or paddling the nearby...
Psychologist’s career has happiness focus
By Catherine Robertson Souter
Everyone wants to be happy. At least, they say they do. But, although we all purport to seek happiness, how many people make it a true priority? In some cases, we chase things...
Therapy, recreation integrated
By Howard Newman
The Grove School, a therapeutic boarding school in Madison, Conn., provides a holistic environment for students in grades 6-12. By integrating education, therapy and recreation...
Review finds APA ethics compromised
By Phyllis Hanlon
In July, Attorney David H. Hoffman of Sidley Austin LLP released an independent investigative review of the American Psychological Association’s ethics guidelines, national...
Discussion on PSYPACT proposal continues
By Phyllis Hanlon
On June 8, the Massachusetts Psychological Association held an Advocacy Committee meeting to discuss the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact (PSYPACT), which has been...