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Conn. report tracks behavioral health claims
By Janine Weisman
Connecticut insurers denied more behavioral health claims in 2014, according to an annual report card issued by the Connecticut Insurance Department. How much more depends on...
New rules expand treatment options
By Catherine Robertson Souter
According to the Centers for Disease Control, 13 to 20 percent of children in the U.S. experience a mental health disorder in a given year. It is a staggering number,...
Interventions can’t stop fraternity overdrinking
By Janine Weisman
Social psychologist Lori Scott-Sheldon, Ph.D., wanted to find out what interventions worked best to curb overdrinking among college fraternity and sorority members when she led...
N.H. prison faces lawsuit for housing mentally ill
By Rivkela Brodsky
The New Hampshire State Prison for Men faces a lawsuit for housing people dealing with severe mental illnesses who have been civilly committed in its Secure Psychiatric...
MPA/MNS in discussions with Beacon Health Options
By Phyllis Hanlon
The Massachusetts Psychological Association and the Massachusetts Neuropsychological Society have a long history of engaging with different insurance companies to advocate for...
Use of third party vendors reviewed in wake of stabbing spree
By Pamela Berard
The state is conducting a review in the aftermath of a stabbing spree that ended at Silver City Galleria mall in Taunton, Mass., that left three people dead and several others...
Harrington Hospital to open dual diagnosis unit
By Phyllis Hanlon
Citing the desire to fulfill an unmet need, Harrington Health Care System is planning to open a Dual Diagnosis Unit (DDU) for the treatment of individuals who have an addiction...
Revision on wrap-around services focuses on schizophrenia
By Rivkela Brodsky
The Maine Department of Health and Human Services has revised who can receive wrap-around community support services under its Medicaid program, focusing mostly on those...
Election cycle analyzed by political psychologist
By Catherine Robertson Souter
For a political psychologist, this election cycle has provided plenty of fodder for discussion. From the rise of a true political outsider to the first woman in line for the...
Postpartum depression in new dads: under-diagnosed and under-treated
By Phyllis Hanlon
Since the early 1990s there has been a growing body of research drawing attention to and appreciation of postpartum depression in new dads, according to Shannon Erisman, Ph.D.,...