Articles, Leading Stories
Massachusetts bans conversion therapy for minors
By Eileen Weber
Massachusetts became the 16th state to ban conversion therapy, a method attempting to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity by treating it as if it’s a...
Vermont’s medication assisted treatment program shows encouraging results
By Catherine Robertson Souter
For the first time since 1918 during WWI when a flu pandemic swept the nation, life expectancy in the U.S. has dropped for each of the last three years.
Suicide and drug...
R.I. bill to mandate suicide prevention training for school staff faces quiet hurdles
By Janine Weisman
On the first day of spring, they came to the Rhode Island Statehouse. Many were students from Portsmouth High School who formed the suicide prevention group Every Student...
CT bill supporting prescriptive authority fails; to be re-submitted
By Margarita Tartakovsky, MS
David Greenfield’s office manager called 19 psychiatrists before she found one to return her call. This situation is not uncommon, according to Greenfield, Ph.D, an assistant...
Psychologists find inpatient autism treatment complex, challenging
By Phyllis Hanlon
Growing awareness, mandatory early screening and changes to the diagnostic criteria have collectively contributed to an increase in the number of autism diagnoses. For the most...
Butler Hospital research seeks to identify people in pre-clinical stage of Alzheimer’s
By Margarita Tartakovsky, MS
Currently, 5.8 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease. By 2050, that total is expected to increase to nearly 14 million. Between 2000 and 2017, deaths from...
Telepsychology: Is it the future of treatment?
By Catherine Robertson Souter
Technology has become an integral part of our daily world. We ask Alexa about the weather, tell Siri to place a phone call and use voice recognition software to write emails....
Study finds lack of data a barrier to systems-level research on patient safety
By Janine Weisman
United Behavioral Health case shines light on parity violations
By Catherine Robertson Souter