Columnists, Publisher's Note
The end of an era
By John Grohol, Psy.D.
This is the last print issue of New England Psychologist.
It’s been a long time coming. Since purchasing New England Psychologist at the end of 2017, I’ve...
Behavioral health care funds to be released in Mass.
By Eileen Weber
Money meant to address staff shortages
Last year, Massachusetts set up a behavioral health fund...
Maine launches state’s first Child ACT program
By Beth Negus Viveiros
Services provided for at-risk youth and families
Sweetser has introduced Maine’s first Child Assertive Community Treatment program (Child ACT) to offer mental health...
Is Massachusetts getting closer to an AOT law?
By Catherine Robertson Souter
Support in CT for measure is non-existent
As the formal legislative session in Massachusetts ended...
Fake news: Misinformation has its own psychology
By Eileen Weber
Over the past several years, misinformation—particularly political misinformation—has been running rampant on social media. Misinformation and disinformation are not the...
Killingly, CT students will finally get much-needed mental health services
By Danielle Ray
Students in the Killingly Public Schools (KPS) district will now have access to mental health resources after the lack of them drew statewide and national attention and...
When we learned to listen: The legacy of Elvin Semrad
By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.
Over more than three decades of writing this column, from time to time, I have quoted Dr. Elvin Semrad whom I briefly described as “the late Boston psychoanalyst.” I...
Medication treatment for opioid disorders limited at outpatient facilities
By Beth Negus Viveiros
Only 34% of outpatient community mental health treatment facilities in 20 states—including four in New...
‘Man Therapy’ comes to Vermont
By Eileen Weber
According to the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention, about 80% of suicide deaths in the U.S....
Some things I learned along the way
By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.
If it’s true that the biggest surprise you’ll ever have is to realize that you’ve grown old, then the second biggest is to believe that you have learned something useful...