Leading Stories
New rule prohibits ‘information blocking’ & allows patients greater access to records
By Catherine Robertson Souter
On April 5, a new rule issued by the Department of Health and Human Services took effect that could impact mental health care professionals’ use of electronic health...
Law enforcement & trauma: Psychological intervention addresses the impact
By Phyllis Hanlon
According to the National Institutes of Mental Health (NIMH), eight of every 100 individuals will experience post-traumatic stress at some time in their life; unlike civilians,...
Anti-Asian hate intensifies as pandemic lingers
By Eileen Weber
Three bystanders witnessed an Asian American woman being viciously attacked in front of a luxury condo in New York and did nothing to intervene.
An Asian man was...
COVID-19 is impacting pediatric mental health
By Phyllis Hanlon
Research clearly demonstrates that the pandemic is having a significant negative effect on the younger generation.
A November 2020 article, “Impact of COVID-19 and...
Impact of pandemic on ’emerging adults’ should not be overlooked
By Catherine Robertson Souter
The pandemic has thrown a monkey wrench into everyone’s plans. From weddings to holidays to vacation travel, we have all been impacted. School children struggle with online...
Equity, diversity issues should be at forefront of psychologists’ work
By Catherine Robertson Souter
There may be some positive to come out of the tumult. In a year when America was forced to slow down and, for many of us, begin to question what really matters, the...
Dealing with on-going trauma a consequence of 2020 issues
By Catherine Robertson Souter
Twenty-twenty (2020) was a really long year. As one Twitter user posted, “Just don’t ask, ‘What else can happen?’ 2020 takes it as a...
Connecticut’s emergency shelters take financial hit in pandemic as abuse rises
By Eileen Weber
Across the country, reports of domestic abuse have been on the rise during the pandemic. In December 2020, the New England Journal of Medicine cited this increase, calling it a...
Adoption of QAnon beliefs similar to cult following
By Catherine Robertson Souter
Despite vast evidence to the contrary and more than 60 lost court cases, more than half of Republican voters believed that the presidential election in November was actually...
Spike in alcohol use is of concern
By Catherine Robertson Souter
As stay-at-home orders surged, restaurants and bars closed, and social events went virtual, Americans turned more and more to a trusty old friend, alcohol, to help ease the...