Articles
Data shows pandemic as ‘collective traumatic experience’
By New England Psychologist Staff
A year’s worth of data on mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic has found that 40 to 50 percent of the general population is showing clinical levels of depression....
Maine launches initiatives to address pandemic-related issues
By Phyllis Hanlon
Approximately nine months after the COVID-19 virus was identified in the United States, Maine’s Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) launched StrengthenME, an...
Black voices working in a predominately white field
By Catherine Robertson Souter
Within the field of psychology, there are very few Black professionals. According to the American Psychological Association, in 2015, only four percent of all psychologists...
Study: Young Puerto Ricans experience higher rates of depression on U.S. mainland than at home
By Eileen Weber
An introduction to dual diagnosis for the new therapist
By Marie Hartwell-Walker, Ed.D.
When I was newly licensed and newly in private practice, a patient told me at intake he had to have therapy before he could be granted visits with his young daughter. He seemed...