Articles, Leading Stories

December 1st, 2015

Study boosts belief that anorexia is brain-based illness

By Pamela Berard

A new study may help explain why anorexia nervosa is so hard to treat: those who struggle with it activate a different part of the brain when making food choices than those who...

December 1st, 2015

Early interventions crucial in schizophrenia treatment

By Janine Weisman

“Family psycho education,” “resilience-focused individual therapy,” and “supported employment and education.” All are interventions a team of clinicians...

December 1st, 2015

Professor: Violence has decreased

By Catherine Robertson Souter

Ask the person sitting next to you on the subway if the world is less safe than when they were younger. Most likely he will say yes and start railing about terrorist acts, gun...

November 1st, 2015

Examining psychosomatic illness

By Phyllis Hanlon

The National Institutes of Health reported that prior to the 19th century, many in the medical field believed emotions were connected to physical illness. That way of thinking...

November 1st, 2015

Colleges strive to improve psychological services

By Janine Weisman

The number one problem Connecticut College students come to Student Counseling Services seeking help for is anxiety followed by depression, according to its director,...

November 1st, 2015

Audits rule affects requested records

By Catherine Robertson Souter

As the Affordable Care Act continues to unfold, a new regulation that requires that insurance companies conduct risk adjustment data validation audits on providers has caused...

November 1st, 2015

Beacon eliminates prior authorization requirement

By Phyllis Hanlon

On August 6, 2014, then-Gov. Deval Patrick signed into law Senate Bill 2341 to “establish a continuing program of investigation and study of mental health and substance use...

November 1st, 2015

CEDC opens satellite campus in N.H.

By Pamela Berard

The Cambridge (Mass.) Eating Disorder Center (CEDC) recently opened its first satellite location in Concord, N.H., to help fill a gap in services for families in the northern...

November 1st, 2015

New analysis discredits Paxil study

By Janine Weisman

A 2001 clinical trial that concluded Paxil was “well tolerated and effective” for treating major depression in adolescents helped clear the way for the drug to become the...

November 1st, 2015

Clinic receives grant for training professionals

By Rivkela Brodsky

Connecticut’s Wheeler Clinic received a $370,500 grant in September to train 1,500 professionals who work with 18- to 24-year-old youths in Mental Health First...