June 1st, 2015
By Catherine Robertson Souter
There are two sides to every story. It’s an adage that relates both to work that researchers at University of Massachusetts Amherst are doing within the Psychology of Peace...
June 1st, 2015
By Edward Stern J.D.
On March 24, Germanwings Flight 9525 crashed in the French Alps. One hundred forty four passengers and six crew members died. It’s now believed that the co-pilot deliberately...
June 1st, 2015
By James K Luiselli EdD ABPP BCBA-D
“Taking Control of Anxiety: Small Steps for Getting the Best of Worry, Stress, and Fear”
By Bret A. Moore
American Psychological...
June 1st, 2015
By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.
The man had just explained how his violent behavior was the norm in the poor urban neighborhood where he was raised and I responded with a simple acknowledgement of how...
May 1st, 2015
By Phyllis Hanlon
The American Cancer Society predicts that 1.6 million new cases of cancer will be diagnosed in 2015 and close to 600,000 cancer-related deaths will occur. While genetics plays...
May 1st, 2015
By Catherine Robertson Souter
Americans are getting older. As the baby-boomers, those born between 1946 and1964, have hit retirement age and as Americans live longer, the population of the United States has...
May 1st, 2015
By Rivkela Brodsky
Legislation to reform the nation’s mental health system is likely to be reintroduced in the House and Senate in the next couple of months – but there is no timeline or...
May 1st, 2015
By Pamela Berard
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker’s proposed Fiscal Year 2016 budget would slash funding for Tewksbury Hospital by $3.8 million, resulting in the closing of one unit...
May 1st, 2015
By Janine Weisman
Every Monday morning, Randall Aamot, M.S., a Ph.D. candidate in counseling psychology at Northeastern University, walks into a group therapy room without any agenda, worksheets...
May 1st, 2015
By Janine Weisman
The National Institutes of Health allocates an average of $304 million annually for research on hypertension, which kills 56,000 Americans each year.
But the amount of...
