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February 10th, 2018

Mental health, harassment among Vermont’s priorities

By Eileen Weber

February 9th, 2018

Psychologists grapple with issues of racism, diversity in therapy

By Pamela Berard

Tags: client-therapist interaction, cultural diversity, different backgrounds, discrimination, diversity, MeToo movement, microaggression, political issues, psychologists, racial epithet, racism, sexual assault, sexual harassment, social issues, therapy
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February 8th, 2018

Rural Massachusetts experiences psychiatric bed increase

By Phyllis Hanlon

Tags: adolescents, detox unit, Harrington HealthCare System, Heywood Healthcare, mental health issues, patients, psychiatric inpatient beds, Quabbin Retreat, residential dormitory, SAMHSA, TaraVista
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February 8th, 2018

Psychologists help people navigate life transitions

By Phyllis Hanlon

Tags: chronic illness, counseling, death of a loved one, divorce, injury, marriage, new baby, new job, Psychological intervention, therapy
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February 7th, 2018

Grants to NAMI Rhode Island fund youth programs

By Pamela Berard

February 7th, 2018

Trauma training, reality TV all in a day’s work for Jessica Griffin, Psy.D

By Catherine Robertson Souter

February 6th, 2018

Report documents problems at Maine detention center

By Janine Weisman

Tags: forced overtime, juvenile detention center, kids, Long Creek Youth Development Center, Maine, residential facilities, self-harming behavior, suicide prevention, transgender death, understaffing, youth
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February 5th, 2018

More work to be done to meet need for child mental health services

By Janine Weisman

January 1st, 2018

Treatment varies for sexual offenders

By Phyllis Hanlon

Clinicians who treat sexual offenders tailor treatment to the offense.

Throughout her career Susan Rudman, Ph.D., Northern Regional representative for the Massachusetts...

January 1st, 2018

Anti-clawback bill makes progress in legislature

By Janine Weisman

A proposed six-month limit on the ability of insurance companies to retroactively deny claims for mental health and substance abuse services has advanced in the Massachusetts...