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October 1st, 2024

Mass. debuts country’s first social prescribing program: Arts and culture participation is focus

By Beth Negus Viveiros

Massachusetts recently launched the first statewide arts prescription solution in the United States, to...

October 1st, 2024

Maine to expand crisis centers

By Danielle Ray

The Living Room Crisis Center (LRCC) in Portland was designed to be warm and welcoming with couches,...

September 30th, 2024

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...

September 30th, 2024

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...

September 30th, 2024

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...

September 7th, 2024

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...

September 7th, 2024

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...

September 2nd, 2024

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...

July 1st, 2024

Psychologists weigh in on benefits, pitfalls of AI

By Ami Albernaz

Can it improve assessment, diagnosis?

Five, 10, 20 years from now, what role will AI play in psychology? Chatbots-as-therapists may come to mind for some (indeed,...

May 2nd, 2024

Telehealth follies

By Ellen Anderson, Ph.D

The pandemic propelled many therapists into providing services via telehealth, typically through...