Articles, Leading Stories
ADHD: Research expands understanding of a complicated and common diagnosis
By Phyllis Hanlon
In the last 15 years, research into attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has shed more light on this complicated diagnosis, reaffirming some concepts and dispelling...
Colleges focus on threat assessments
By Pamela Berard
In the aftermath of the Aurora, Colorado, movie theater shootings, the issue of students and mental health is again in the spotlight.
Kristine Bertini, Psy.D., senior...
Reform slow for licensure restrictions
By Janine Weisman
Blame a little something called the Tenth Amendment.
The U.S. Constitution guarantees states rights. That means individual states get to determine who may practice...
NHPA advocacy helps create independent board of psychology
By Phyllis Hanlon
This past July, the N.H. Psychological Association (NHPA) made history with the passage of House Bill 1508, creating an independent board for psychologists. Previously, Granite...
Legislation to remove information access restriction
By Phyllis Hanlon
Determining the reasons insurers deny coverage of services can be a time-consuming, resource-draining task. But thanks to the combined advocacy efforts of the Massachusetts...
Maine agency changes structure to improve services
By Jennifer E Chase
Spurwink is a cute name for a serious, nationally recognized agency that for 50 years has provided mental health and educational services to New England children, adolescents,...
N.H. takes top spot in child well being survey
By Catherine Robertson Souter
New England is a good place to be a kid these days…or at least the best in the nation, although that is not exactly the same thing.
In the 2012 “Kids Count Data...
Men and violence link prompts discussion
By Catherine Robertson Souter
Most violent crimes are committed by men. This is true across the world and throughout history. The US Bureau of Justice Statistics puts the figure at 78 percent in 2008. Other...
Job forecast: shifting niche areas present opportunities
By Phyllis Hanlon
As the economy wends its way back from the brink, the job outlook for psychologists presents as a mixed bag. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of...
Study focuses on explosive disorder in teens
By Pamela Berard
Nearly two-thirds of adolescents admitted to having anger attacks that involved destroying property or threatening or engaging in violence and one-in-12 of those adolescents...