Articles, Leading Stories

February 5th, 2022

Training gives police and first responders tools to deal with people with mental illness

By Catherine Robertson Souter

New Hampshire has seen more than its share of officer-related shootings. In December, the Concord Monitor reported the results of an analysis on police shootings over...

February 4th, 2022

Mental Health Courts: A ‘humane mechanism’ for people with mental illness

By Phyllis Hanlon

In the late 1980s, Janet Reno, then state attorney for Miami Dade County, Florida, founded the first drug...

February 3rd, 2022

Amazing Grace

By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.

Where would we be without grace? This is not the kind of question you would expect to find in a psychology publication, but that, I believe, is a blind spot in the view many...

February 3rd, 2022

Is it a psychologist’s job to address false beliefs?

By Catherine Robertson Souter

With the massive amount of disinformation floating around, from political to medical, most therapists...

January 9th, 2022

$5 million grant to expand mental health services at Wheeler clinics

By New England Psychologist Staff

The pandemic has had a profound effect on mental health.
To help address some of that impact,...

January 9th, 2022

Spurwink’s ShifaME helps refugees, immigrants through mental health care, education

By Eileen Weber

Editor’s note: three years ago, New England Psychologist featured a story about Spurwink Services in Maine implementing the SHifaME program, based on Trauma Systems...

January 8th, 2022

Surviving COVID-19: Residential schools find ways to weather the pandemic

By Phyllis Hanlon

When life came to a virtual halt in March 2020, thanks to COVID-19, residential schools faced daunting...

January 8th, 2022

Raking leaves again

By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.

The yard is clean and smooth again waiting for nature’s hand to paint the first coat of winter white. The air is crisp and still. As I take in the scene from the window, I...

January 8th, 2022

Study on Connecticut school-based health centers on pause

By Eileen Weber

Social isolation. Remote learning. Job loss. Sickness and death of family members. These are just a few...

January 7th, 2022

Managing tech/life balance can be challenging for children

By Catherine Robertson Souter

Technology, the internet specifically, has drastically changed the way we live our lives. From instant...