Articles, Leading Stories

February 1st, 2025

A new champion in the world of trauma treatment

By Catherine Robertson Souter

Nearly 20 years ago, Ricky Greenwald, Psy.D., founder and executive director of the Northampton, Mass.-based Trauma Institute & Child Trauma Institute, stumbled upon some...

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 examines the connection between the rise in mass violence and mental...

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 making suicide plans at the same rates as during COVID-19.

The...

January 31st, 2025

RI agrees to consent decree for children with behavioral health disabilities

By Eileen Weber

Rhode Island has reached an agreement with federal authorities to resolve violations of disability laws.

Rather than implementing community-based or intensive in-home...

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 health disorders in 2024, including generalized anxiety disorder and...

January 21st, 2025

‘Intensive parenting’ beliefs negatively impact mothers’ mental health

By Susan Gonsalves

Societal pressures are taking a toll on maternal mental health, according to research by Kathryn E....

January 3rd, 2025

What steps can therapists take when treating all genders? 

By Catherine Robertson Souter

As the debate around transgender rights in the United States grows more heated, an elevated need for...

January 2nd, 2025

Maine to be freed from court oversight

By Eileen Weber

The state of Maine will soon be free from a consent decree that has shaped the way the state treats...

December 2nd, 2024

Union: CT staff shortage is ‘full-blown catastrophe’

By Eileen Weber

Staffing shortages in the mental health industry are an ongoing, national reality.

In Connecticut, it is reaching a boiling point with many health workers becoming...

December 2nd, 2024

Massachusetts and Vermont nix legalized psychedelics for now

By Beth Negus Viveiros

Both Massachusetts and Vermont dealt blows to the legalization of psychedelics for therapeutic purposes...