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Mental health reform at heart of legislation
By Rivkela Brodsky
Legislation to reform the nation’s mental health system is likely to be reintroduced in the House and Senate in the next couple of months – but there is no timeline or...
Budget cuts threaten Tewksbury Hospital
By Pamela Berard
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker’s proposed Fiscal Year 2016 budget would slash funding for Tewksbury Hospital by $3.8 million, resulting in the closing of one unit...
Recovery program emphasizes unique approach
By Janine Weisman
Every Monday morning, Randall Aamot, M.S., a Ph.D. candidate in counseling psychology at Northeastern University, walks into a group therapy room without any agenda, worksheets...
More investment needed for suicide research
By Janine Weisman
The National Institutes of Health allocates an average of $304 million annually for research on hypertension, which kills 56,000 Americans each year.
But the amount of...
McLean opens Borden Cottage for addiction treatment
By Howard Newman
Based on the previous success of a similar program and the inspiration of a former patient, McLean Hospital is opening a new center for drug and alcohol addiction treatment in...
Connecticut report recommends training in infant mental health
By Pamela Berard
A new report in Connecticut calls for a state-wide system to ensure a range of professionals who work with infants and their families receive training in infant mental...
Closed facility has one program site remaining
By Rivkela Brodsky
A mental health residential treatment program with nine sites in Massachusetts closed its doors last fall – but one of its sites lives on.
One of the Wild Acre Inns,...
Hampstead offers HOPE program
By Susan Gonsalves
Hampstead Hospital’s new intensive outpatient program launched in March is designed to provide comprehensive support to adolescents and decrease the need for...
FDA approves drug to treat binge eating
By Phyllis Hanlon
The National Eating Disorders Association reports that 20 million women and 10 million men in the United States suffer from an eating disorder, including anorexia nervosa,...
Trade organization represents interests of inpatient care
By Catherine Robertson Souter
David Matteodo is executive director of the Massachusetts Association of Behavioral Health Systems (MABHS). A non-profit trade organization that represents the interests of 44...