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February 3rd, 2024

CT makes recommendations to improve children’s behavioral health

By Eileen Weber

What came first, the increase in children’s mental health issues or the shortage in staff to help...

February 3rd, 2024

Harvard recruits influencers to share mental health information

By Beth Negus Viveiros

Harvard University is partnering with a team of TikTok and Instagram creators and influencers to engage...

January 5th, 2024

Youth trauma, staffing shortages impacting residential schools

By Phyllis Hanlon

Increased drug use also a factor
The American Psychological Association’s latest “Stress in...

January 4th, 2024

The League School’s neurodiversity project relies on community, business partnerships

By Eileen Weber

Career Learning Center in the works
Neurodiverse students display behaviors associated with autism...

January 2nd, 2024

Proposed legislation would ban aversive therapy in Massachusetts

By New England Psychologist Staff

Judge Rotenberg Center uses, defends practice
Opponents of the use of electric shock therapy to...

January 2nd, 2024

Judge Rotenberg Center is last in U.S. to use electric shock therapy

By Beth Negus Viveiros

Graduated electronic decelerator gets mixed reviews
Some families of residents at the Judge...

December 4th, 2023

New behavioral health hospital opens in Mass.

By Eileen Weber

Valley Springs Behavioral Health Hospital opened its doors late this summer to treat children,...

November 10th, 2023

Treating Long COVID mental health symptoms requires coordination

By Beth Negus Viveiros

Communication between mental health professionals and primary care providers (PCPs) is key to proper...

October 1st, 2023

Postpartum psychosis: A complex mix of serious symptoms

By Phyllis Hanlon

Several risk factors cited
Amanda Brown struggled with infertility and suffered two miscarriages...

October 1st, 2023

Research highlights health care inequity in Massachusetts

By Beth Negus Viveiros

Communities of color most impacted
Health care equity is a moral imperative and a new study reveals...