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VPA News
Rick Barnett Honored by Division 55
Dr. Rick Barnett, VPA Legislative Committee Chair and long-term VPA member received the 2026 award for Distinguished Contribution to the Advancement of Pharmacotherapy at the State Level from the APA Division 55, Society for Prescribing Psychology for his efforts in...
VPA Board President Featured on Website
VPA Board President Barbara Colombo, Ph.D. was recently interviewed for a blog on the Fielding Graduate University website. You can read that interview here. Dr. Colombo, a native of Milan, Italy, has done an impressive amount of research and publishing in addition...
Medicaid and the Change Healthcare cybersecurity incident
DVHA has come up a final solution to the issue of providers getting no—or delayed—reimbursement due to the Change Healthcare cybersecurity incident earlier this year. You can read about what DVHA is going to do...
Our Next Continuing Education Course
Behavioral Addictions: Current Understandings
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Duration:7 Hours 30 Minutes
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Short Description:Behavioral addictions, which have been introduced into the DSM-5 and ICD-11, include so-called "process" addictions, including gambling disorder and gaming disorder. Gambling disorder, in particular, is a condition whose demographic and clinical correlates have changed in t
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Price:$0.00 - $160.00
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Date:Fri, Oct 16, 2026 - 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM EDT
“VPA is a wonderful source of support for professional and personal growth for psychologists so as to provide increasingly effective professional services to Vermonters.”
Richard W. Root, II, Ph.D.
Clinical Psychologist and VPA Member