Articles, Leading Stories
Mental health funding makes progress
By Pamela Berard
State funding allocated for mental health services is on an upswing, according to a report from the National Alliance on Mental Illness.
Thirty-six states – including...
Framingham ZBA blocks Walden’s new center proposal
By Phyllis Hanlon
In May 2013, Walden Behavioral Care, LLC signed a purchase and sales agreement to buy a 28-acre property at 518 Pleasant St. in Framingham, which is owned by the Marist...
Primary care practice opens at Butler
By Janine Weisman
A new primary care practice on the campus of Rhode Island’s only private, nonprofit psychiatric and substance abuse hospital reimagines the design and purpose of the...
Will more screenings correspond with more treatment?
By Janine Weisman
It took a federal judge’s order to make Massachusetts implement routine behavioral health screenings during well-child visits and get the state’s Medicaid agency to...
Team hopes to de-escalate situations
By Rivkela Brodsky
New Hampshire’s community based model of treatment for those with mental illness has meant fewer hospital beds and more interaction with law enforcement.
Police...
Eyewitness testimony at heart of court cases
By Pamela Berard
The Connecticut Supreme Court in December considered several cases related to eyewitness testimony, including one in which the Connecticut Psychological Association is asking...
Early psychosis treatment offered
By Howard Newman
Often, individuals experiencing an early episode of psychosis are hospitalized and medicated. It’s a relatively simple and cost-effective approach.
But is it...
Study examines teen sexual violence
By Janine Weisman
Nearly one in 10 young people between ages 14 and 21 say they have committed sexual violence, often toward a date, in a national study that found links to exposure to violent...
Psychiatric hospital re-opens in Brookline
By Catherine Robertson Souter
After being closed for new admissions this fall, a Brookline psychiatric hospital has been re-opened for admission of most patients.
Complaints of a forced strip search...
Psychologist finds niche with performance coaching
By Catherine Robertson Souter
With the Olympics taking center stage on many American television sets this month, the elite athlete stands (or skates, skis and jumps) in front of us as the epitome of skill,...