Articles, Leading Stories

October 1st, 2015

Initiative focuses on child homelessness

By Pamela Berard

Homeless children face immediate needs – such as food and shelter – but the experience also leaves them with more permanent scars.

Among them, homeless children are...

October 1st, 2015

MassHealth claims have new stipulations

By Catherine Robertson Souter

In order to comply with a section of the Affordable Care Act that went into effect in 2011, Massachusetts recently changed its regulations to require that claims to MassHealth...

October 1st, 2015

Law would expand screening tool

By Rivkela Brodsky

Lawmakers and an organization dedicated to reforming the children’s mental health system in Massachusetts are working to expand a substance abuse screening tool in all public...

October 1st, 2015

Mobile app at Walden monitors recovery

By Pamela Berard

A Massachusetts private psychiatric hospital is using a mobile app for co-managing eating disorder recovery in real time.

Walden Behavioral Care of Waltham, which...

October 1st, 2015

Digital Playground popular

By Janine Weisman

His name is Alex and he was in the eighth grade last February when he anchored the “Greenwood News.” He enthusiastically reports the arrival of new students on campus and...

October 1st, 2015

EChO program challenges youth

By Catherine Robertson Souter

Visitors to a small school in the scenic New Hampshire town of Northfield may be surprised to find students climbing walls, skiing hills, biking trails or paddling the nearby...

October 1st, 2015

Psychologist’s career has happiness focus

By Catherine Robertson Souter

Everyone wants to be happy. At least, they say they do. But, although we all purport to seek happiness, how many people make it a true priority? In some cases, we chase things...

October 1st, 2015

Therapy, recreation integrated

By Howard Newman

The Grove School, a therapeutic boarding school in Madison, Conn., provides a holistic environment for students in grades 6-12. By integrating education, therapy and recreation...

August 21st, 2015

Review finds APA ethics compromised

By Phyllis Hanlon

In July, Attorney David H. Hoffman of Sidley Austin LLP released an independent investigative review of the American Psychological Association’s ethics guidelines, national...

August 21st, 2015

Discussion on PSYPACT proposal continues

By Phyllis Hanlon

On June 8, the Massachusetts Psychological Association held an Advocacy Committee meeting to discuss the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact (PSYPACT), which has been...