Articles, Leading Stories

May 1st, 2013

Citing financial realities, CHA shifts adolescent services

By Jo Kadlecek

In recent years, psychiatric service providers across Massachusetts have struggled with payment issues. The reimbursement problem has forced many to revaluate their programs...

May 1st, 2013

Study documents high cost of keeping Taunton State Hospital open

By Janine Weisman

An independent consultant for the Massachusetts State Legislature estimates it would cost the Department of Mental Health (DMH) $12.77 million to keep 45 beds open at Taunton...

May 1st, 2013

Hasbro, Bradley collaborate on new program

By Rivkela Brodsky

With a sick child, it’s not always only a medical issue that needs professional attention. Often, there are concurrent psychological issues that warrant...

May 1st, 2013

New study links mental disorders to common gene

By Jo Kadlecek

Though a new study links five mental disorders to a common gene, it’s too early to tell whether it could affect how practitioners care for patients.

Usually viewed as...

May 1st, 2013

Telemedicine program launched on Block Island

By Greg Hitchcock

A telemedicine program to help serve people with mental illness was launched on a remote island 13 miles off the coast of Rhode Island.

Stephen Hollaway, pastor of...

May 1st, 2013

Barbara Okun, Ph.D. follows her interests across the globe

By Catherine Robertson Souter

Given the relatively short amount of time we have on this planet, how do we choose to spend that time? For some, a single cause or subject matter takes center stage. For...

April 1st, 2013

Energy psychologists use variety of integrative therapies

By Phyllis Hanlon

In the mid-1980s when psychologist Roger Callahan, Ph.D., and psychiatrist John Diamond, M.D., formulated the foundations for energy psychology, few mental health professionals...

April 1st, 2013

DSM-5 includes changes

By Pamela Berard

Psychologists are preparing for major changes in the fifth edition of the “Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders” (DSM-5), to be published in...

April 1st, 2013

Telepsychology guidelines anticipated

By Janine Weisman

When patients initiate text messaging with Leslie A. Feil, Ph.D., she won’t text back on clinical issues but responds with a phone call instead. The Rhode Island...

April 1st, 2013

Proposed disclosure bill raises legal, practice questions

By Susan Gonsalves

Part of a young person’s development involves separation from parents and becoming independent. A bill introduced to Congress late last year would disrupt that natural order...