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June 3rd, 2025

Report: Prevention services should be prioritized

By Susan Gonsalves

With mental and behavioral disorders on the rise, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and...

June 1st, 2025

Facilities for at-risk kids in Mass. spared from shut downs

By Eileen Weber

Massachusetts, like so many other states, is struggling with a behavioral health crisis. A staff...

June 1st, 2025

Be your own boss: Business practices for good boundaries

By Liz Varney, LICSW

Many therapists choose a private practice to work less and make more money. Yet, when the business is all...

June 1st, 2025

Advocates express concern about autism database proposals

By Beth Negus Viveiros

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has drawn the ire of autism advocates and...

June 1st, 2025

Massachusetts hopes to legalize medical aid in dying

By Eileen Weber

Advocates for legalizing end-of-life care with medical aid are hoping that Massachusetts becomes the...

April 30th, 2025

Clinicians saying goodbye to insurance networks

By Eileen Weber

One primary reason the shortage of clinicians persists is because of insufficient insurance...

April 30th, 2025

Embracing psychotherapy minimalism

By Ellen Anderson, Ph.D

The very term “psychotherapy” connotes a maximalist approach to addressing mental health challenges....

April 30th, 2025

Report sheds light on police shootings

By Danielle Ray

The latest report from the Maine Deadly Force Review Panel shed some light on the eight police shootings...

April 30th, 2025

May Institute marks 70th year serving individuals with autism

By Catherine Robertson Souter

In 1955, after Marie Ann May and her husband, Jacques May, M.D., realized that autism treatment for their...

April 30th, 2025

Mental health screenings key in ME’s ‘yellow flag’ approach to gun violence prevention

By Beth Negus Viveiros

In the wake of the mass shootings in Lewiston, Maine, the state's unique “yellow flag” law—designed...