October 1st, 2014
By Phyllis Hanlon
As early as the end of the year, Heywood Healthcare, an independent system that operates the non-profit, 134-bed acute-care Heywood Hospital in Gardner and Athol Hospital, a...
October 1st, 2014
By Phyllis Hanlon
In October 2012, a team of researchers from Simmons College, the University of Scranton and DePaul University conducted a Delphi poll, i.e., a structured, two-round systematic...
October 1st, 2014
By Rivkela Brodsky
There may be a new treatment for those dealing with posttraumatic stress disorder, according to a study by researchers at McLean Hospital in Belmont, Mass.
The study,...
October 1st, 2014
By Pamela Berard
Psychologists discussed the possible public health implications of marijuana legalization – including the negative effects on the brains of teenagers and young adults who...
October 1st, 2014
By Catherine Robertson Souter
The scientific research that makes a big splash on the front page of local media or gets top billing in a scientific journal tends to be information that has a direct...
October 1st, 2014
By James K Luiselli EdD ABPP BCBA-D
“The Opposite of Worry: The Playful Parenting Approach to Childhood Anxieties and Fears”
By Lawrence J. Cohen
Random House Publishing Group
New York,...
October 1st, 2014
By Paul Efthim PhD
“Fast Minds: How to Thrive if You Have ADHD (or Think You Might)”
By Craig Surman and Tim Bilkey with Karen Weintraub
Berkley Publishing Group
New...
October 1st, 2014
By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.
The arrival of our new psychology interns at the hospital in September is surely as much a sign of fall as the first hints of color in the New England foliage. Their appearance...
August 22nd, 2014
By Phyllis Hanlon
In spite of awareness and education campaigns, mental illness still carries a stigma that can affect individuals in the community, workplace and home. For families, a mental...
August 22nd, 2014
By Janine Weisman
One patient was held in seclusion for 13 months despite no evidence he showed a risk of imminent harm. Another was held in seclusion for five months, even though progress notes...
