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COVID-19 has sparked a greater need for mental health care—and mental health practitioners and scholars. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ is at the forefront with three prestigious mental health-focused programs, including two at our renowned Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology and one at the College of Nursing and Public Health that prepares nurses for advanced practice in caring for body and mind.

As society inches toward greater equality for women and sexual minorities, psychologists continue to report links between prejudices against these groups and religion.

Farmingdale State College and ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ have launched a streamlined partnership to expand student success. Farmingdale students can now access articulated pathways to continue their graduate studies at ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ in four master’s degree programs: Business Analytics, Computer Science, General Psychology (with a human resource management concentration) and Sport Management (offering both in-person and online options).

Admission to ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ will continue to be standardized test optional for current high school juniors applying for admission this coming year, recognizing the difficulty of taking SATs or ACTs during the pandemic.

ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ's Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology will offer a certificate program in trauma treatment for licensed and certified mental health professionals. The new program will provide students with the knowledge and skills needed to serve traumatized individuals and communities.

Still looking for a permanent position where she can get the supervision needed to earn her license as a mental health therapist, Aaiza Kausar ’17, MA ’20, is gaining experience—and strength—as a consultant counseling parents of children with special needs.

First-year student Matthew Brophy is a winner of a 9/11 Promise scholarship for children of first responders. Affected by a friend's suicide, he came to ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ for our top-tier psychology program.

The 2016 presidential election had a powerful effect on many therapy patients: They were upset, and they wanted to talk about it.

ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ researchers challenge long-standing assumptions and break new ground in patient care.

John Christopher Muran, PhD, associate dean of ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ's Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology, has published a new book on rupture in therapy.

Katherine Fiori, PhD, associate professor of psychology and department chair, is interviewed and her work is cited in a New York Times story about the importance of casual social interactions.

ParentChild+ helps young children in underserved communities across 15 states. The organization's goal is to use education to break the cycle of poverty for low-income families, engaging early in life to help toddlers, their parents, and their family child care providers access a path to possibility.

Kirkland Vaughans, PhD ’85, adjunct faculty member in the Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology and director of the Derner Hempstead Child Clinic, is quoted in a New York Times story about healing from the trauma associated with racism.

ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ remembers Jean Lau Chin, EdD, an accomplished and beloved member of our community.

Deborah Serani, PsyD, senior adjunct professor of psychology, is quoted in MSN's The Healthy about Father’s Day gifts.

Damian Stanley, PhD, assistant professor of psychology, is working with colleagues from across the country on an ambitious research project on the psychological and social effects of the pandemic.

ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ has appointed Robert F. Bornstein, PhD, the distinguished title of University Professor.