Articles, Leading Stories

October 1st, 2015

Psychologist’s career has happiness focus

By Catherine Robertson Souter

Everyone wants to be happy. At least, they say they do. But, although we all purport to seek happiness, how many people make it a true priority? In some cases, we chase things...

October 1st, 2015

Therapy, recreation integrated

By Howard Newman

The Grove School, a therapeutic boarding school in Madison, Conn., provides a holistic environment for students in grades 6-12. By integrating education, therapy and recreation...

October 1st, 2015

Smartphone summer

By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.

This was the summer of my first smartphone. I wasn’t the last holdout among my friends and family, but I was close.

My wife is going for the record of having the...

October 1st, 2015

Transforming Troubled Children, Teens and Their Families

By James K Luiselli EdD ABPP BCBA-D

“Transforming Troubled Children, Teens and Their Families: An Internal Family Systems Model for Healing”
By Arthur G. Mones
Routledge, 2014
New York,...

August 21st, 2015

Review finds APA ethics compromised

By Phyllis Hanlon

In July, Attorney David H. Hoffman of Sidley Austin LLP released an independent investigative review of the American Psychological Association’s ethics guidelines, national...

August 21st, 2015

Discussion on PSYPACT proposal continues

By Phyllis Hanlon

On June 8, the Massachusetts Psychological Association held an Advocacy Committee meeting to discuss the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact (PSYPACT), which has been...

August 21st, 2015

Duggar case raises questions on risk, reporting, re-offending

By Janine Weisman

Clinical psychologist Carlos A. Cuevas, Ph.D., often uses examples from media coverage in his classroom discussions at Northeastern University’s School of Criminology and...

August 21st, 2015

Fight for domestic violence prevention continues

By Janine Weisman

For the third consecutive year, efforts to establish a domestic violence prevention fund through a proposed increase in the marriage license fee failed at the Rhode Island...

August 21st, 2015

Web site to track parity

By Rivkela Brodsky

A new Web site for tracking parity state by state was announced during the opening session of the third annual Kennedy Forum National Conference held in Boston in...

August 21st, 2015

Global health discussed at forum

By Rivkela Brodsky

It was the first time mental health on a global scope was discussed at the annual Kennedy Forum National Conference held in Boston in early June.

Tom Insel, M.D.,...