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...

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

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...

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...

January 31st, 2025

Remembering Jimmy Carter

By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.

There are worlds within worlds. Galaxies fill the cosmos. Stars fill the galaxies and planets spin around the stars. The earth, what we call our world, is just one of them, 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

Research looks at internalized racism, suicidal ideation in U.S. Asians

By Danielle Ray

Fanhao Nie, Ph.D., was inspired to explore the relationship of internalized racism and suicidal ideation...

January 2nd, 2025

O Christmas Tree

By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.

As I write these words in early December, what is left of our small Thanksgiving turkey sits in the fridge holding one more meal for two. Our Christmas tree, artificial this...