Leading Stories

September 1st, 2025

Mental health professionals fear the consequences of federal cuts

By Eileen Weber

Deep cuts and massive layoffs to federal agencies like the Department of Health and Human Services, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, and the...

September 1st, 2025

Mental health effects of cell phone use considered in ban proposals

By Danielle Ray

Lawmakers in Massachusetts are moving forward with a bill to ban cell phone use during the school day. ”

More than half-a-dozen proposals currently sit on Beacon...

July 31st, 2025

VT leads U.S. in physical and mental health parity

By Eileen Weber

If you live in Vermont, mental and physical health care are covered in the same way. But why don’t the other 49 states follow suit?

Efforts are in the works to do just...

July 31st, 2025

Political climate impacts LGBTQIA+ patients and providers

By Beth Negus Viveiros

Mental health providers serving the LGBTQIA+ community say the current political climate has been an...

June 30th, 2025

College students at risk could use more mental health support

By Beth Negus Viveiros

A report from the Center for Collegiate Mental Health (CCMH) at Pennsylvania State University suggests...

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...

April 30th, 2025

Embracing psychotherapy minimalism

By Ellen Anderson, Ph.D

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

February 1st, 2025

Report: Majority of mass violence not linked to mental health

By Beth Negus Viveiros

A new report from the Medical Director Institute (MDI) of the National Council for Mental Wellbeing...

February 1st, 2025

Vermont survey: Student mental health is ‘not good’

By Susan Gonsalves

The Youth Risk Behavior Survey shows middle and high school students in Vermont reporting self-harm and...

January 31st, 2025

Medicare covers FDA approved mental health digital therapeutics

By Beth Negus Viveiros

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved several new prescription digital therapeutics for mental...