Articles, Leading Stories
Will more screenings correspond with more treatment?
By Janine Weisman
It took a federal judge’s order to make Massachusetts implement routine behavioral health screenings during well-child visits and get the state’s Medicaid agency to...
Team hopes to de-escalate situations
By Rivkela Brodsky
New Hampshire’s community based model of treatment for those with mental illness has meant fewer hospital beds and more interaction with law enforcement.
Police...
Eyewitness testimony at heart of court cases
By Pamela Berard
The Connecticut Supreme Court in December considered several cases related to eyewitness testimony, including one in which the Connecticut Psychological Association is asking...
Early psychosis treatment offered
By Howard Newman
Often, individuals experiencing an early episode of psychosis are hospitalized and medicated. It’s a relatively simple and cost-effective approach.
But is it...
Study examines teen sexual violence
By Janine Weisman
Nearly one in 10 young people between ages 14 and 21 say they have committed sexual violence, often toward a date, in a national study that found links to exposure to violent...
Psychiatric hospital re-opens in Brookline
By Catherine Robertson Souter
After being closed for new admissions this fall, a Brookline psychiatric hospital has been re-opened for admission of most patients.
Complaints of a forced strip search...
Psychologist finds niche with performance coaching
By Catherine Robertson Souter
With the Olympics taking center stage on many American television sets this month, the elite athlete stands (or skates, skis and jumps) in front of us as the epitome of skill,...
Recovery: a paradigm shift in patient care
By Phyllis Hanlon
William A. Anthony, Ph.D., professor emeritus at Boston University and former executive director for its Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, dubbed the 1990s the “decade...
Final parity rule issued
By Pamela Berard
The federal government in November issued a final rule of the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act, which spells out how the 2008...
N.H. tables Medicaid expansion program
By Catherine Robertson Souter
After months of negotiations, New Hampshire’s legislature decided to table a proposal to accept the Affordable Care Act’s proposal for expanding Medicaid.
In a...