Articles, Leading Stories
Report seeks to increase information sharing
By Janine Weisman
i-FamilyNet, the case management system that Massachusetts Department of Children and Families partner providers use, has information in narrative form. But the state...
Adolescent suicide rates on the rise
By Catherine Robertson Souter
Suicide rates among adolescents have shown a steady increase over the past decade, according to a report put out by the Centers for Disease Control. The rates among girls ages...
Study: Smartphone use linked to mental health distress
By Susan Gonsalves
College students with high smartphone use report higher levels of depression, anxiety and loneliness, poorer sleep quality and difficulties fulfilling their obligations as a...
Educational Treatment Center uses animals to reach teens
By Eileen Weber
Six years ago, Wes and Sue Horton, LMFT were looking for a change. They found it at Ironwood, a residential treatment center and private, co-educational school for teens in...
Brattleboro Retreat approves strategic plan
By Pamela Berard
Responding to challenges facing mental health and addiction treatment providers nationwide, Brattleboro Retreat of Vermont has approved a three-year strategic...
Crotched Mountain after-school program designed to engage students
By Phyllis Hanlon
This past July, Crotched Mountain School launch-ed a carefully thought out after-school program for its students, designed to engage them physically, emotionally, socially and...
School emphasizes closeness, mentoring
By Catherine Robertson Souter
A fresh start can do wonders. For children with a history of behavioral or mental health issues, accumulated diagnoses can seem like a heavy weight to carry. The opportunity to...
Demand exists for multicultural care
By Phyllis Hanlon
After Congress passed the Refugee Act of 1980, which created the Federal Refugee Resettlement Program, three million refugees came to this country. Additionally, 43.3 million...
Disability benefits rate exceeds national average
By Janine Weisman
One New England state is not like the others when it comes to the percentage of their populations receiving benefits through the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI)...
ACO program aims to integrate healthcare
By Pamela Berard
Massachusetts is readying for a major restructuring of the current fee-for-service payment system for MassHealth, the state’s combined Medicaid and Children’s Health...