Articles, Leading Stories
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Duggar case raises questions on risk, reporting, re-offending
By Janine Weisman
Clinical psychologist Carlos A. Cuevas, Ph.D., often uses examples from media coverage in his classroom discussions at Northeastern University’s School of Criminology and...
Fight for domestic violence prevention continues
By Janine Weisman
For the third consecutive year, efforts to establish a domestic violence prevention fund through a proposed increase in the marriage license fee failed at the Rhode Island...