Articles, Leading Stories
ME legislation seeks community-based mental health task force
By Eileen Weber
Mentally ill patients often end up in emergency rooms, homeless shelters, or even jails instead of getting much needed psychiatric care. Senator Cathy Breen (D- )
Psychologist focuses on reproductive, infertility issues
By Catherine Robertson Souter
The images are everywhere. The perfect little family, in a magazine article, on a sitcom, or peering out from every celebrity Twitter post. But for up to 15 percent of couples,...
Mass. Nurses Association wants say in dealing with problems at Worcester Recovery Center
By Janine Weisman
Rhode Island Foundation awards grants to non-profit organizations focused on behavioral health
By Margarita Tartakovsky, MS
NH aims to reduce emergency boarding
By Catherine Robertson Souter
Tags: emergency room boarding, hospitals, legislation, mental health care system, mental health crisis, New Hampshire, treatment
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Specialists address the complexities of treating women’s emotional health
By Phyllis Hanlon
Statistics show that women are twice as likely as men to experience depression and several types of anxiety; females are...
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...