Articles, Leading Stories
ACT may benefit patients with depression and psychotic features
By Phyllis Hanlon
Treatment for individuals with psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia has typically involved cognitive behavioral therapy and medication. But research is demonstrating that...
Yale research: Internet inflates person’s sense of knowledge
By Susan Gonsalves
Thanks to Google, iPhones and the Internet, some people gain a miscalculated sense of what they know.
Researchers at Yale University conducted several experiments to...
Program examines issues around peace, conflict
By Catherine Robertson Souter
There are two sides to every story. It’s an adage that relates both to work that researchers at University of Massachusetts Amherst are doing within the Psychology of Peace...
Collaboration could mitigate cancer risk
By Phyllis Hanlon
The American Cancer Society predicts that 1.6 million new cases of cancer will be diagnosed in 2015 and close to 600,000 cancer-related deaths will occur. While genetics plays...
Specialized geriatric treatment on the rise
By Catherine Robertson Souter
Americans are getting older. As the baby-boomers, those born between 1946 and1964, have hit retirement age and as Americans live longer, the population of the United States has...
Mental health reform at heart of legislation
By Rivkela Brodsky
Legislation to reform the nation’s mental health system is likely to be reintroduced in the House and Senate in the next couple of months – but there is no timeline or...
Budget cuts threaten Tewksbury Hospital
By Pamela Berard
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker’s proposed Fiscal Year 2016 budget would slash funding for Tewksbury Hospital by $3.8 million, resulting in the closing of one unit...
Recovery program emphasizes unique approach
By Janine Weisman
Every Monday morning, Randall Aamot, M.S., a Ph.D. candidate in counseling psychology at Northeastern University, walks into a group therapy room without any agenda, worksheets...
More investment needed for suicide research
By Janine Weisman
The National Institutes of Health allocates an average of $304 million annually for research on hypertension, which kills 56,000 Americans each year.
But the amount of...
McLean opens Borden Cottage for addiction treatment
By Howard Newman
Based on the previous success of a similar program and the inspiration of a former patient, McLean Hospital is opening a new center for drug and alcohol addiction treatment in...