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Could major change be coming to how the United States addresses mental health care?
By Catherine Robertson Souter
If New Hampshire Rep. Annie Kuster, along with a bipartisan group of 144 U.S. House lawmakers have their...
NH mobile crisis teams face staffing challenges
By New England Psychologist Staff
New Hampshire’s 10 community mental health centers have the funding to operate mobile crisis teams. That’s the good news. The bad news? They don’t have enough staff to...
Advocates, legislators address children’s mental health crisis
By Catherine Robertson Souter
The true toll of this pandemic on the mental health of children and adolescents may take decades to fully understand. Young people can be resilient but the academic and social...
Drug overdoses rise but NH’s death rate dips slightly
By Catherine Robertson Souter
The Covid-19 pandemic has caused more than half a million deaths in the United States. Sadly, those direct results of the virus may not tell the whole story.
Across the...
Providers object to bill removing audio-only option
By Catherine Robertson Souter
In July of 2020, New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu signed a bill into law that required insurance companies to cover telemedicine at equal rates to in-person...
LifeSet Program prepares often troubled youth for successful lives
By New England Psychologist Staff
The Youth Villages LifeSet Program, designed to help young people aging out of foster care or juvenile justice custody, has proven a success, according to officials with the...
Crotched Mountain’s November closure is stopped
By Eileen Weber
After almost 70 years, Crotched Mountain Foundation, a rehabilitation center for young children to adults with developmental and behavioral disabilities in Greenfield, NH, was...
Psychologist focuses on treating adversity in children
By Catherine Robertson Souter
Opioid crisis escalates need for foster care
By Eileen Weber
It’s no secret that the opioid crisis has taken a toll in this country. But according to the CDC’s National Center for Health...