Articles, Leading Stories
Top workplaces’ list includes mental health agencies
By Susan Gonsalves
Commonwealth Psychology Associates LLC was named one of the “Top Places to Work,” by The Boston Globe for the past two years. The distinction is based on confidential...
Panelist: Hybrid careers likely for newcomers
By Rivkela Brodsky
Having a hybrid career in psychology – a mix of academic, clinical, and work in other industries – is more likely in the near future with fewer full-time academic job...
Research uses MRI to identify attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
By Catherine Robertson Souter
When magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, was first introduced as a diagnostic tool in the 1990s, a new world was opened to researchers as the scans provided a novel way to look...
Celebrity stalking: a dangerous combination of obsession, delusion
By Phyllis Hanlon
When Robert John Bardo murdered actress Rebecca Schaeffer in 1989, he drew public attention to the issue of stalking. In response, California passed the first stalking...
NAMI forum offers multi-faceted workshops
By Susan Gonsalves
Preventing unnecessary arrests and prison time for people with mental health disorders is the goal of the Criminal Justice Diversion Project, a National Alliance on Mental...
Violence toward staff of concern at Worcester Recovery Center
By Rivkela Brodsky
When the Worcester Recovery Center and Hospital opened in 2012 it was touted as a state-of-the art facility that emphasized the “natural structure of home, neighborhood and...
Mental health screenings come out in the open
By Janine Weisman
G“et a CHECK-UP from the NECK UP?”
The sign next to the sleek looking kiosk in the first floor lobby of the rec center at Drexel University in Philadelphia invites...
Many children see primary doctors for mental health care
By Rivkela Brodsky
Primary care physicians play a large role in treating children in the U.S. dealing with mental health conditions, according to a new study.
The study, published in the...
Study boosts belief that anorexia is brain-based illness
By Pamela Berard
A new study may help explain why anorexia nervosa is so hard to treat: those who struggle with it activate a different part of the brain when making food choices than those who...
Early interventions crucial in schizophrenia treatment
By Janine Weisman
“Family psycho education,” “resilience-focused individual therapy,” and “supported employment and education.” All are interventions a team of clinicians...