Articles, Leading Stories

July 1st, 2014

R.I. tries to address overdose deaths

By Pamela Berard

In response to a rise in drug overdose deaths in Rhode Island and nationwide, Rhode Island Governor Lincoln D. Chafee in April outlined a series of ongoing actions and...

July 1st, 2014

Organizational psychology cited as ‘fast growing’ job

By Pamela Berard

Tina D. Forrister, MA, was enrolled in a clinical psychology master’s degree program when she decided on a different path.

“I realized two years in that it wasn’t...

July 1st, 2014

Initiatives receive $8 million in grants

By Pamela Berard

Twenty-two Massachusetts mental health initiatives received a total of $8 million in grants through funds recovered by the Attorney General’s Office through a settlement with...

July 1st, 2014

Collaborative seeks to overhaul system

By Howard Newman

The overarching goal of the New Hampshire Children’s Behavioral Health Collaborative is to completely overhaul the way services are delivered to children.

“We’re...

July 1st, 2014

Study: Young children benefit from CBT

By Susan Gonsalves

Children ages five to eight with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) can benefit from family-based cognitive behavioral therapy, according to a study from the Bradley Hasbro...

July 1st, 2014

Yale psychologists launch Mood Meter App

By Janine Weisman

The room you’re working in is too warm. You can’t focus on your project because of repeated interruptions. And you have no idea what you’re going to do for...

July 1st, 2014

Task forces address hoarding

By Rivkela Brodsky

Task forces to address hoarding in communities are piling up around the nation.

So says hoarding expert Randy Frost, Ph.D., professor of psychology at Smith College in...

July 1st, 2014

Psychologist helps with design of 9/11 Memorial

By Catherine Robertson Souter

On May 22, the National September 11 Memorial and Museum beneath the former site of the World Trade Center opened to the public.

The task of designing a memorial to the...

June 1st, 2014

Is talk therapy a thing of the past?

By Rivkela Brodsky

College students are turning away from talk therapy and toward medication for anxiety and depression, according to a recent study.

“The major finding of this review...

June 1st, 2014

Jury’s still out on omission of bereavement exclusion

By Susan Gonsalves

One of the most controversial changes made last year was the removal of the “bereavement” exclusion from the major depressive disorder (MDD) diagnosis in...