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...
April 1st, 2014
By James K Luiselli EdD ABPP BCBA-D
“Strategic Decision Making in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy”
By Amy Wenzel
American Psychological Association
Washington, D.C.,...
April 1st, 2014
By Pamela Berard
Proposed Massachusetts legislation would restrict use of the terms “psychotherapist” or “psychotherapy” to only those professionals licensed with “psychotherapy”...
April 1st, 2014
By Rivkela Brodsky
A $1.16 million proposal to expand Maine’s veterans’ court statewide has been revised to a $40,000 plan to cover a grant expiring at the end of June, says Rep. Lori Fowle...
April 1st, 2014
By Rivkela Brodsky
About six percent of teens use psychotropic drugs, mostly antidepressants and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder medications, according to a recent study by the Centers...
April 1st, 2014
By Phyllis Hanlon
The American Psychological Association recently released the results of Stress in America™ 2013, which for the first time focused on teens. The survey “portrays a picture...
