Articles, Leading Stories
Cyberbullying common across grades 9-12
By Janine Weisman
One in six high school students (16 percent) have been victims of electronic bullying in the past year, reveals a study presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS)...
AUNE awarded grant to improve outcomes for children
By Catherine Robertson Souter
Antioch University of New England’s Center for Research on Psychological Practice (CROPP) was awarded a contract by the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services...
MSPP lays off seven faculty, staff members
By Catherine Robertson Souter
On August 14, seven faculty and staff members at the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology (MSPP) were informed that they were being laid off from the school because...
Experts weigh in on unconscious bias
By Catherine Robertson Souter
In the wake of the Trayvon Martin case, Americans have found ourselves asking some very difficult questions. Beyond the facts of that night, a young African-American boy leaves...
Psychosocial oncologists: a critical niche in the field
By Phyllis Hanlon
Cancer is the second most common cause of death in the United States, according to the American Cancer Society (ACS); the organization expects 1.6 million new cases will be...
Courts, governments scrutinize insurers
By Pamela Berard
State governments and courts are scrutinizing whether insurers are complying with laws meant to ensure care for the mentally ill.
Massachusetts Attorney General Martha...
Insurance re-write has consequences
By Catherine Robertson Souter
As the first state in the country to attempt to institute a government-funded universal health care plan, Vermont will have all eyes on it as the rest of the nation watches how...
CHA rescinds cuts to children’s services
By Howard Newman
The current level of psychiatric inpatient youth services at the Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) will survive for another year, at least, but the organization’s struggles to...
Law establishes ‘best practices’ plan
By Rivkela Brodsky
A new law passed in Connecticut aims to establish a ‘best practices’ plan when it comes to treating the mental, emotional and behavioral health of children in the...
Exercise program geared toward treatment reluctant veterans
By Susan Gonsalves
The Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital in Bedford, Mass. (Bedford VAMC) will offer an exercise program designed to engage and motivate veterans who shun traditional...