Articles, Leading Stories
COVID-19 is impacting pediatric mental health
By Phyllis Hanlon
Research clearly demonstrates that the pandemic is having a significant negative effect on the younger generation.
A November 2020 article, “Impact of COVID-19 and...
Impact of pandemic on ’emerging adults’ should not be overlooked
By Catherine Robertson Souter
The pandemic has thrown a monkey wrench into everyone’s plans. From weddings to holidays to vacation travel, we have all been impacted. School children struggle with online...
Equity, diversity issues should be at forefront of psychologists’ work
By Catherine Robertson Souter
There may be some positive to come out of the tumult. In a year when America was forced to slow down and, for many of us, begin to question what really matters, the...
Dealing with on-going trauma a consequence of 2020 issues
By Catherine Robertson Souter
Twenty-twenty (2020) was a really long year. As one Twitter user posted, “Just don’t ask, ‘What else can happen?’ 2020 takes it as a...
Connecticut’s emergency shelters take financial hit in pandemic as abuse rises
By Eileen Weber
Across the country, reports of domestic abuse have been on the rise during the pandemic. In December 2020, the New England Journal of Medicine cited this increase, calling it a...
Adoption of QAnon beliefs similar to cult following
By Catherine Robertson Souter
Despite vast evidence to the contrary and more than 60 lost court cases, more than half of Republican voters believed that the presidential election in November was actually...
Spike in alcohol use is of concern
By Catherine Robertson Souter
As stay-at-home orders surged, restaurants and bars closed, and social events went virtual, Americans turned more and more to a trusty old friend, alcohol, to help ease the...
Practical Practice: Getting people the help they need
By Catherine Robertson Souter
According to a study published in August by the Centers for Disease Control, U.S. adults have reported three times the prevalence of symptoms of anxiety disorder and four times...
Racial disparity in the criminal justice system
By Phyllis Hanlon
According to the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL), Southern states, post-Civil War, utilized criminal justice as a way to maintain control over African...
National Suicide Hotline soon to become three-digit number: 988
By Eileen Weber
In two years, the U.S. will have another three-digit emergency code: 988. In a co-sponsored bill proposed last year by Massachusetts State Representative Seth Moulton and Utah...