Articles, Leading Stories
Center a resource for marathon bombing victims
By Pamela Berard
Although it’s been two years since the Boston Marathon bombings, many victims are just now beginning to experience its lingering effects. The Massachusetts Resiliency Center...
Insurance coverage of methadone for treatment to expand
By Rivkela Brodsky
The Massachusetts Association of Health Plans or MAHP announced in February that its 17 member health plans – which cover 2.6 million residents in the state – will cover...
Study to evaluate VOICES intervention
By Rivkela Brodsky
Adolescent girls often have a different path into the juvenile justice system than boys.
Often, they are arrested and remanded to custody for less serious offenses like...
Stress in America: financial issues top list
By Phyllis Hanlon
Since 2007, the American Psychological Association has conducted its Stress in America™ survey, which measures attitudes and perceptions of stress among the general public,...
Psychologists weigh in about memory
By Pamela Berard
After news anchor Brian Williams recanted a story he told about his time in a military helicopter in Iraq, much discussion ensued about whether Williams was lying, distorting...
Milestones of sexual development explained
By Catherine Robertson Souter
Childhood sexual abuse can, and often does, lead to issues with adult sexuality. But, it does not follow that everyone who has intimacy blocks was a victim of abuse. Which begs...
Does gender play a role in treatment?
By Phyllis Hanlon
The World Health Organization reports that depression is the most common women’s mental health problem and, although more research is needed, this disorder may be more...
Grants support integration
By Rivkela Brodsky
Ten organizations in Massachusetts have been awarded $1.3 million in funding to support work integrating behavioral health and medical care.
The new grant program of the...
Program relies on cultural sensitivity to treat refugees
By Janine Weisman
Before she started working with new Americans and refugees, Karen Fondacaro, Ph.D., a University of Vermont clinical psychology professor and director of its Behavior Therapy...
Maria Montanaro is new behavioral health director
By Janine Weisman
The new director of the Rhode Island Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals (BHDDH) has a track record of transformation, experience that...