Federal funds to expand ‘CPR for the mind’ training to thousands more on campus Within the next couple years, as many as 2,500 more students, faculty and staff members will be equipped to provide “CPR for the mind” as the University of Rhode Island Psychological Consultation Center expands its Mental Health First Aid program, thanks […]

Couple and Family Therapy Clinic offers free relationship assessment ahead of year’s most romantic day Student couples are invited to participate in a free relationship assessment and follow-up counseling at the University’s Couple and Family Therapy Clinic just in time for Valentine’s Day and all the romantic expectations it brings. But even if couples can’t schedule an […]

UConn Professor Letitia Naigles focuses on language in typically developing children and children who have been diagnosed with autism The Department of Communicative Disorders will to host Letitia Naigles Ph.D., a professor of Psychology at the University of Connecticut, for a fascinating presentation on language development in children with autism Jan. 31.   Naigles’ presentation, “What Variability in […]

New program is the only one of its kind in Rhode Island

The doctoral program has been accredited since 1972 The University of Rhode Island Clinical Psychology Ph.D. program recently earned a 10-year extension of its accreditation, which has been in place every year since 1972. The department is part of the College of Health Sciences. The American Psychological Association informed the department its accreditation had been […]

Harvard researcher to lecture on ‘health and wealth’ Dec. 20 in the Memorial Union Most people are familiar with the stress that comes with making decisions on household finances, paying off debt or saving for retirement. But the affects of dealing with such financial stressors can also have an impact on one’s emotional and even […]

URI professor serves on AARP roundtable to create framework for intergenerational education Higher education isn’t only for those at the cusp of their careers, trying to establish themselves in a particular profession. Increasingly, older adults finished with their careers are interested returning to the classroom, and a university of Rhode Island professor recently served on […]

Manuscript by psychology department research team to run in national journal ‘Drug and Alcohol Dependence’ American Indian adolescents are more likely to misuse heroin and other opioids, and are five times more likely to die from the misuse than non-American Indians, necessitating new forms of interventions to help prevent opioid misuse among the American Indian […]