Articles, Leading Stories
Maine focuses on efficacy of services
By Ami Albernaz
Maine is gearing up for sweeping changes in how the efficacy of services is evaluated and how clients make progress toward mental health goals. Implementing these changes will...
Psychologist advocates for psychological testing coverage
By Catherine Robertson Souter
What happens when a child is referred for psychological testing but his insurance does not cover even half of the cost? What about when this child has needs far greater than...
Violence: balancing treatment efficacy with provider safety
By Phyllis Hanlon
Last October, shock waves rippled through the mental health community when a patient at the bipolar clinic at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) stabbed his psychiatrist....
Jobless have increased mental health woes
By Pamela Berard
A national study shows Americans affected by the economic downturn displaying symptoms of severe mental illness at a much greater rate than those who haven’t been...
Name change for day program reflects services
By Jennifer E Chase
What’s in a name? To the Massachusetts organization formerly known as Handi Kids., everything.
For one thing, this vocational and life skills program for clients ages...
Health care quality progress slowed in ‘08
By Nan Shnitzler
A report released this past October by the private, non-profit National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) finds that the overall quality of health care delivered through...
Report reveals alarming child death statistics
By Phyllis Hanlon
On October, the Every Child Matters Education Fund (ECMEF) released eyebrow-raising findings, based on data obtained from the Department of Health and Human Services: 10,440...
Study shows Americans are sleep deprived
By Catherine Robertson Souter
Some say that Americans are less productive than their counterparts in other developed countries, are far too overweight, don’t exercise enough and now, to top it off,...
Westborough State Hospital to close ahead of schedule
By Elinor Nelson
In a money saving plan expected to help meet the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health’s $14 million shortfall entering fiscal year 2010, the state will be closing...
McLean’s coaching program offers new opportunity for psychologists
By Jennifer E Chase
Institute of Coaching at McLean Hospital in Massachusetts opened in early 2009 and is quickly becoming a reliable resource for psychologists wanting to add the skills of life...