January 1st, 2014
By Catherine Robertson Souter
For the past two decades, the same face, the same name has been so linked with the Massachusetts Psychological Association, that it will be very strange when she is no longer...
January 1st, 2014
By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.
A gentle rain is falling outside the upstairs window as I write these words at the turning of another year. The holiday season is upon us with Thanksgiving, Hanukah, Christmas...
January 1st, 2014
By James K Luiselli EdD ABPP BCBA-D
“Problem-Solving Therapy: A Treatment Manual”
By Arthur M. Nezu, Christine Maguth Nezu, and Thomas J. D’Zurilla
Springer Publishing Company
New York,...
December 1st, 2013
By Susan Gonsalves
Benefits of early intervention highlighted
It’s time for everyone embedded in the behavioral health world to “move out of the treatment black box,” develop a...
December 1st, 2013
By Phyllis Hanlon
On October 22, the Joint Committee on Mental Health and Substance Abuse in Massachusetts held a public hearing on House Bill 1792/Senate Bill 906, which calls for assisted...
December 1st, 2013
By Phyllis Hanlon
Uniting the community of mental health
To mark the 50th anniversary of the Community Mental Health Act of 1963, signed by President John F. Kennedy, former Congressman...
December 1st, 2013
By Pamela Berard
The newly formed CliniciansUNITED, an associate membership of Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 509 in Massachusetts, is seeking to influence public policy and...
December 1st, 2013
By Catherine Robertson Souter
While they are not suspected of any wrongdoing or failures, the mental health agencies of the state of Vermont will be under the microscope in the coming months. In September,...
December 1st, 2013
By Pamela Berard
The state of Maine stopped MaineCare payments to two behavioral health service agencies pending investigation of fraud allegations and is helping approximately 500 affected...
December 1st, 2013
By Rivkela Brodsky
Prompted by the Sept. 16 shooting at the Washington Navy Yard that left 12 dead, as well as the shooter, Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) urged for the passage of stand-alone mental...
