May 1st, 2014
By Howard Newman
When tragedy struck Ken and Danielle Lambert six years ago, they grieved for a short while and then took action. They never wanted anyone to experience the type of heartbreak...
May 1st, 2014
By Pamela Berard
The Victims of Violence (VOV) Program of the Cambridge Health Alliance in Massachusetts may have won an award for innovation – but it has done so without wavering from its...
May 1st, 2014
By Catherine Robertson Souter
According to the Center for Disease Control, the number of children aged 4-17 diagnosed with ADHD in the past 10 years has risen dramatically, from 7.8 percent in 2003 to 11...
May 1st, 2014
By Susan Gonsalves
A Web-based commercial weight loss program that pairs financial incentives with social influence has shown positive results, according to a recent study conducted by Miriam...
May 1st, 2014
By Susan Gonsalves
Age has an impact on the benefits people think they derive from playing the popular online game Bejeweled Blitz.
Susan Krauss Whitbourne Ph.D., a professor of psychology...
May 1st, 2014
By Catherine Robertson Souter
After a tumultuous few months, the mental health system in Maine will have new life breathed into it in the person of Robert Jay Harper, a former patient advocate with the...
May 1st, 2014
By James K Luiselli EdD ABPP BCBA-D
“Pediatric Anxiety Disorders: A Clinical Guide”
Edited by Roma A. Vasa and Amy Krain Roy
Springer Science+Business Media
New York, N.Y....
May 1st, 2014
By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.
When it comes to psychotherapy, the coin of the realm in our hospital is group treatment. If there’s a human malady or body of knowledge associated in any way with mental...
April 1st, 2014
By Phyllis Hanlon
Thin is in. Or so various media sources would have the general public believe. Magazines, newspapers and now reality shows are promoting the message that excessive dieting and...
April 1st, 2014
By Catherine Robertson Souter
At a time when mental health care and health insurance have taken center stage in the American dialogue, it can be shocking to find that patients may find basic access to...
