Articles, Leading Stories

February 1st, 2015

Report: Pediatricians can play crucial role

By Pamela Berard

Pediatricians can play a key role in helping to identify mental health issues in new mothers, according to a report released by the Child Health and Development Institute...

February 1st, 2015

Psychologist looks at both sides of love

By Catherine Robertson Souter

In recognition of the month-long celebration of love that is February, we spoke with K. Daniel O’Leary, Ph.D., distinguished professor of clinical psychology at Stony Brook...

February 1st, 2015

“Treatment Integrity: A Foundation for Evidence-Based Practice in Applied Psychology”

By James K Luiselli EdD ABPP BCBA-D

“Treatment Integrity: A Foundation for Evidence-Based Practice in Applied Psychology”

Edited by Lisa M. Hagermoser Sanetti and Thomas R. Kratochwill

American...

February 1st, 2015

All you need is love

By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.

In the dead of winter, Valentine’s Day reminds us of the healing power of love in all of its many forms. Cut through the commercial dross of the manufactured holiday and you...

January 1st, 2015

APA ethics under investigation

By Phyllis Hanlon

New York Times reporter James Risen’s new book, “Pay Any Price: Greed, Power and Endless War,” discloses the hidden costs of war on terror, shameful governmental...

January 1st, 2015

R.I. tracking and treating its chronically homeless

By Janine Weisman

The numbers of homeless people in Rhode Island did what everyone hoped when volunteers fanned out across the state one night in January 2014 to count how many people were...

January 1st, 2015

Hospital expands to meet needs

By Rivkela Brodsky

An increase in behavioral health patients staying more than 24 hours in Mid Coast Hospital’s emergency room has prompted the company to expand in two ways.

The...

January 1st, 2015

R.I. looks to fix mental health system

By Janine Weisman

Is Rhode Island’s public mental health system working? The answer was a resounding no from the crowd that filled Rhode Island College’s Sapinsley Hall for a forum on the...

January 1st, 2015

Sandy Hook parents give feedback

By Pamela Berard

During testimony to the Sandy Hook Advisory Commission, parents of children killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings highlighted the need for trauma-trained mental...

January 1st, 2015

Initiative helps veterans

By Catherine Robertson Souter

At nearly 115,000 men and women, New Hampshire has its fair share of residents who served in the U.S. military. The fifth highest rate per capita, veterans make up nearly 11...