Articles, Leading Stories

Researchers: schizophrenia is neurodevelopmental disorder

By Rivkela Brodsky

Research is beginning to back up the idea that schizophrenia is a neurodevelopmental disorder.

So says Joshua Roffman, M.D., assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard...

Prison unit addresses abuse

By Catherine Robertson Souter

According to N.H. Corrections Department officials, nearly 85 percent of prisoners in the state’s penitentiary system are dealing with substance abuse issues. While not all...

WRAP workshops expand across Vermont

By Pamela Berard

Vermont’s Blueprint for Health initiative is helping to coordinate and expand throughout the state a series of free, evidence-based self-management workshops to help...

Greater Burlington takes step to address homelessness

By Howard Newman

Sixteen nonprofits, government agencies and other organizations in the greater Burlington, Vt., area have joined to try a different approach to combating...

Search for new director underway

By Pamela Berard

As 2014 came to a close, interviewing for a new executive director of the Massachusetts Psychological Association was underway.

Operations Manager Pamela Goodspeed, who...

Brattleboro Retreat responds to third failed inspection

By Phyllis Hanlon

On Oct. 1, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) conducted a follow-up visit to the Brattleboro Retreat after previous inspections in June and August revealed...

Impact of medical marijuana to be studied

By Rivkela Brodsky

As more states move toward legalizing the use of medical marijuana, the timing is right for researchers to start examining the impact of the substance on the...

Research focuses on creativity

By Catherine Robertson Souter

From Beethoven to Vincent Van Gogh to Sylvia Plath, the path to creative greatness is strewn with men and women who are said to have suffered from mental health disorders. At...