Articles, Leading Stories
Initiatives receive $8 million in grants
By Pamela Berard
Twenty-two Massachusetts mental health initiatives received a total of $8 million in grants through funds recovered by the Attorney General’s Office through a settlement with...
Collaborative seeks to overhaul system
By Howard Newman
The overarching goal of the New Hampshire Children’s Behavioral Health Collaborative is to completely overhaul the way services are delivered to children.
“We’re...
Study: Young children benefit from CBT
By Susan Gonsalves
Children ages five to eight with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) can benefit from family-based cognitive behavioral therapy, according to a study from the Bradley Hasbro...
Yale psychologists launch Mood Meter App
By Janine Weisman
The room you’re working in is too warm. You can’t focus on your project because of repeated interruptions. And you have no idea what you’re going to do for...
Task forces address hoarding
By Rivkela Brodsky
Task forces to address hoarding in communities are piling up around the nation.
So says hoarding expert Randy Frost, Ph.D., professor of psychology at Smith College in...
Psychologist helps with design of 9/11 Memorial
By Catherine Robertson Souter
On May 22, the National September 11 Memorial and Museum beneath the former site of the World Trade Center opened to the public.
The task of designing a memorial to the...
Is talk therapy a thing of the past?
By Rivkela Brodsky
College students are turning away from talk therapy and toward medication for anxiety and depression, according to a recent study.
“The major finding of this review...
Jury’s still out on omission of bereavement exclusion
By Susan Gonsalves
One of the most controversial changes made last year was the removal of the “bereavement” exclusion from the major depressive disorder (MDD) diagnosis in...
Providers eye ‘Beth Israel experiment’ on sharing notes
By Janine Weisman
Clinicians at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston are venturing into unchartered territory: They’re posting outpatient mental health progress notes in patients’...
DSM-5 changes: controversy continues to swirl
By Phyllis Hanlon
The release of the DSM-5 launched a firestorm of criticism over some of the added diagnoses. Two in particular – premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) and disruptive mood...