Articles, Leading Stories

February 1st, 2012

Flooding impacts VT facilities

By Pamela Berard

Legislature ponders plan

Since flooding from Tropical Storm Irene forced the closure of the 54-bed Vermont State Hospital (VHS) last August, community care facilities...

February 1st, 2012

Cuts to mental health budgets affect New England

By Jennifer E Chase

Massachusetts is worst hit

Of the changes to healthcare budgets across the country since 2009, New England is among the regions most in flux, according to a report...

February 1st, 2012

Meditation linked to improved cognitive control

By Phyllis Hanlon

When Judson Brewer, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of psychiatry and medical director at the Yale Therapeutic Neuroscience Clinic began meditating 13 years ago, he hoped to...

February 1st, 2012

Mental illness tops disease burden among youth

By Jennifer E Chase

According to a study released by the World Health Organization at the end of 2011, neuropsychiatric disorders including depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, substance...

February 1st, 2012

Psychologists bring insights to stage

By Catherine Robertson Souter

Was Hamlet depressed or suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder? Would Medea, who turned a vengeful hatred for her ex-husband toward her own children in the ancient Greek...

February 1st, 2012

Legislative, other priorities are highlighted

By Pamela Berard

Editor’s note: A team of reporters from New England Psychologist recently spoke with key state association members to learn about legislative and practice issues...

January 1st, 2012

Prevention methods part of new law

By Phyllis Hanlon

It’s been a long road since Gov. Deval Patrick introduced his proposal to bring gambling to Massachusetts on Sept. 17, 2007. But after more than four years of additional...

January 1st, 2012

Insurance fight for eating disorder patients continues

By Jennifer E Chase

Some New England companies support population

For 10 years, James Greenblatt, M.D. has fought a near-daily occupational hazard. It has followed him from his last job...

January 1st, 2012

New DSM-5 highlights presented

By Jennifer E Chase

In correspondence with New England Psychologist, the DSM-5 Task Force chair David J. Kupfer, M.D., confirmed and elaborated on the following highlights of what practitioners...

January 1st, 2012

Changing times shape the real DSM-5

By Jennifer E Chase

Considered the bible of psychiatric disorders, practitioners know the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders is published by the American Psychiatric...