Articles, Leading Stories

September 9th, 2020

Uncertainty of pandemic leads to further mental health problems

By Eileen Weber

It should be no surprise that after months of shelter-in-place mandates, wearing masks in public, maintaining a six-foot distance from others, and a resurgence in COVID...

January 4th, 2020

Brown University research aims to tackle opioid crisis

By Eileen Weber

Brown University’s School of Public Health has an idea that might impact Rhode Island’s opioid crisis. The school’s researchers have received a five-year $6.8 million...

August 27th, 2019

Shifting cultural patterns challenge therapists who specialize in addiction

By Phyllis Hanlon

The Addiction Center reports that nearly 21 million Americans have at least one addiction; and drug overdose deaths...

August 26th, 2019

An introduction to dual diagnosis for the new therapist

By Marie Hartwell-Walker, Ed.D.

When I was newly licensed and newly in private practice, a patient told me at intake he had to have therapy before he could be granted visits with his young daughter. He seemed...

March 11th, 2019

Legislation provides mental health support for first responders

New APA guidelines for boys and men sink in after making a splash

UNICEF report: Peer-to-peer violence in schools is pervasive around the world

Articles, Leading Stories

Uncertainty of pandemic leads to further mental health problems

Brown University research aims to tackle opioid crisis

Shifting cultural patterns challenge therapists who specialize in addiction

An introduction to dual diagnosis for the new therapist

Survey: Access to mental health, substance use disorder care is a challenge for Massachusetts adults