Articles, Leading Stories

April 1st, 2015

Study to evaluate VOICES intervention

By Rivkela Brodsky

Adolescent girls often have a different path into the juvenile justice system than boys.

Often, they are arrested and remanded to custody for less serious offenses like...

April 1st, 2015

Stress in America: financial issues top list

By Phyllis Hanlon

Since 2007, the American Psychological Association has conducted its Stress in America™ survey, which measures attitudes and perceptions of stress among the general public,...

April 1st, 2015

Psychologists weigh in about memory

By Pamela Berard

After news anchor Brian Williams recanted a story he told about his time in a military helicopter in Iraq, much discussion ensued about whether Williams was lying, distorting...

April 1st, 2015

Milestones of sexual development explained

By Catherine Robertson Souter

Childhood sexual abuse can, and often does, lead to issues with adult sexuality. But, it does not follow that everyone who has intimacy blocks was a victim of abuse. Which begs...

April 1st, 2015

“Using Feedback in Organizational Consulting”

By James K Luiselli EdD ABPP BCBA-D

“Using Feedback in Organizational Consulting”

By Jane Brodie Gregory and Paul E. Levy

American Psychological Association

Washington, D.C.,...

April 1st, 2015

“The Heat of the Moment in Treatment: Mindful Management of Difficult Clients”

By Helen Hwang

“The Heat of the Moment in Treatment: Mindful Management of Difficult Clients”

By Mitch Abblett

W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.

New York, N.Y....

April 1st, 2015

When laughter shows the way

By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.

In all the years I had known him, through hundreds of therapy hours that sometimes left me feeling as hopeless as he did; he had never stopped talking about killing himself. He...

March 1st, 2015

Does gender play a role in treatment?

By Phyllis Hanlon

The World Health Organization reports that depression is the most common women’s mental health problem and, although more research is needed, this disorder may be more...

March 1st, 2015

Grants support integration

By Rivkela Brodsky

Ten organizations in Massachusetts have been awarded $1.3 million in funding to support work integrating behavioral health and medical care.

The new grant program of the...

March 1st, 2015

Program relies on cultural sensitivity to treat refugees

By Janine Weisman

Before she started working with new Americans and refugees, Karen Fondacaro, Ph.D., a University of Vermont clinical psychology professor and director of its Behavior Therapy...