November 1st, 2013
By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.
If dreams, as Freud famously wrote, are the royal road to the unconscious, then perception must surely be at least a serviceable two-lane highway to our understanding of...
November 1st, 2013
By James K Luiselli EdD ABPP BCBA-D
“Evidence-Based Applied Sport Psychology: A Practitioner’s Manual”
By Roland A. Carlstedt
Springer Publishing Company, LLC
New York, N.Y.,...
October 1st, 2013
By Phyllis Hanlon
When it comes to treating mental disorders, psychologists have an arsenal of tools at their disposal. But that armament may need to be refined when the client has a physical...
October 1st, 2013
By Catherine Robertson Souter
The numbers are going in the wrong direction for certain clients of the mental health care system in Maine. Although nearly a quarter of a century has passed since Maine...
October 1st, 2013
By Janine Weisman
As a teen with an anxiety disorder growing up in Wilton, Conn., Brandon Cohn felt frustrated spending the first 20 minutes of every therapy session explaining what happened to...
October 1st, 2013
By Janine Weisman
The Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) has significantly reduced the number of children in state care sent to mental health treatment residential...
October 1st, 2013
By Phyllis Hanlon
When legislators from Maine toured the Riverview Psychiatric Center (RPC) in Augusta, as they do every two years, they witnessed firsthand a dangerous situation that promises...
October 1st, 2013
By Phyllis Hanlon
On September 23, the Final Rule from the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) took effect. This rule reflects changes to HIPAA from the Health...
October 1st, 2013
By Howard Newman
A new, non-invasive clinical test for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children and adolescents has drawn varying degrees of concern, interest and skepticism...
October 1st, 2013
By Pamela Berard
The Behavioral Health Integration Task Force in Massachusetts submitted recommendations aimed at improving health care quality and outcomes – while also controlling costs –...
