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Hearst Foundations Grant Helps Students Serve the Mental Health Needs of the Underserved

William James College has received a $100,000 grant from the Hearst Foundations in support of the Serving the Mental Health Needs of the Underserved scholarship program. This highly competitive scholarship covers two-thirds of tuition costs and recognizes the achievements of graduate students committed...

Fiscal Year 2019 (FY19) Fundraising Priorities Summary Descriptions and Goals

One in five children and adults has a diagnosable mental illness. Nearly 60 percent of people with mental illness do not receive treatment.

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New Master of Arts in Criminal Justice and Behavioral Health Broadens Offerings at Intersection of Law and Mental Health

Persons with mental and behavioral health disorders are substantially overrepresented in the criminal justice system. Today, several sources point to the Los Angeles County Jail as the largest mental healthcare provider on the West Coast. On the East Coast, it is Rikers Island jail in New York.*

Clinical Psychology Department Introduces Cutting-Edge Curriculum Changes

As the field of psychology evolves, the role of doctoral-level psychologists is changing. For many years, that role focused on providing long-term psychotherapy

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Teachers21 and William James College partner together to ensure educational excellence and social and emotional learning

Paul Goldmuntz Receives Florence H. Lerman Mintz Alumni Award

For 35 years, Paul Goldmuntz, PsyD, has served as clinical director at Community Legal Services and Counseling Center (CLSACC) in Cambridge, MA. CLSACC provides legal assistance and psychological counseling to uninsured, low-income clients. Goldmuntz both sees clients and oversees the recruitment and...

Applied Behavior Analysis Program Graduates First Class

In June, William James College congratulated its first graduates of its Master of Arts in Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) program and its cohort of four talented professionals. Rachel Mallard, Corey McConnell

Our most pressing and passionate goal: Building a workforce to serve the underserved

By the year 2025 the behavioral health workforce in the United States will be short 250,000 workers. It is a looming gap that consumes William James College President Nicholas Covino. It’s the reason he has collaborated with school leaders, department chairs and professors to create the Behavioral...

Serving the Mental Health Needs of the Underserved Scholarship Awardees 2018-2019

In the spring of 2017, under the auspices of the Center for Multicultural & Global Mental Health, William James College (WJC) established the Serving

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