Articles, Leading Stories
N.H. surveys gauge consumer satisfaction
By Catherine Robertson Souter
Even with severe financial cutbacks to the mental health system, it appears that customer satisfaction with New Hampshire’s community mental health centers, or CMHC’s, has...
Law helps military rape survivors receive benefits
By Rivkela Brodsky
Legislation aimed at helping survivors of military sexual assault get VA benefits for treatment passed unanimously in the US House on June 4.
Named for a Navy veteran...
Study: Belief in God aids treatment
By Jo Kadlecek
Belief in God or a higher power might not be on the list of prescribed treatments for depression or anxiety but a recent study concludes it can improve outcomes for psychiatric...
New Connecticut outpatient clinic planned
By Janine Weisman
A nonprofit, community behavioral health agency serving central and northeastern Connecticut hopes to break ground this fall on a new $6.7 million outpatient mental health...
MSPP’s Stanley Berman, Ph.D., excited about new position
By Catherine Robertson Souter
In recognition of the role he has played in helping the school to both grow and thrive during his tenure, the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology has named Stanley...
Parity is topic of public forum
By Phyllis Hanlon
On April 3, the Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS) presented its 9th annual public health leadership forum titled “Mental Health: Achieving Parity in Principle and in...
Green Mountain Care details prompt questions
By Catherine Robertson Souter
In May 2011, Vermont passed what appeared to be groundbreaking health care reform, going beyond the federally mandated changes that are beginning to take place across the...
Proposals aim to keep guns from people with mental illness
By Janine Weisman
Massachusetts gun control proposals to close background check system gaps focus largely on preventing mass shootings like those in Newtown, Conn., and Aurora, Colo. They also...
Coverage for neuropsychological testing is dwindling
By Catherine Robertson Souter
In a debate that has been brewing for the past few years, it seems that insurance companies have had the deciding word.
Three years ago, Russel A. Barkley, Ph.D., a...
Global VA licensure beneficial for psychologists
By Phyllis Hanlon
The U.S. Census Bureau reports that the average American moves approximately 14 times in a lifetime. Organizational transfers, new job opportunities and a search for a more...