Articles, Leading Stories

Telemedicine program launched on Block Island

By Greg Hitchcock

A telemedicine program to help serve people with mental illness was launched on a remote island 13 miles off the coast of Rhode Island.

Stephen Hollaway, pastor of...

Barbara Okun, Ph.D. follows her interests across the globe

By Catherine Robertson Souter

Given the relatively short amount of time we have on this planet, how do we choose to spend that time? For some, a single cause or subject matter takes center stage. For...

Energy psychologists use variety of integrative therapies

By Phyllis Hanlon

In the mid-1980s when psychologist Roger Callahan, Ph.D., and psychiatrist John Diamond, M.D., formulated the foundations for energy psychology, few mental health professionals...

DSM-5 includes changes

By Pamela Berard

Psychologists are preparing for major changes in the fifth edition of the “Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders” (DSM-5), to be published in...

Telepsychology guidelines anticipated

By Janine Weisman

When patients initiate text messaging with Leslie A. Feil, Ph.D., she won’t text back on clinical issues but responds with a phone call instead. The Rhode Island...

Proposed disclosure bill raises legal, practice questions

By Susan Gonsalves

Part of a young person’s development involves separation from parents and becoming independent. A bill introduced to Congress late last year would disrupt that natural order...

GIC awards mental health contract to Beacon

By Catherine Robertson Souter

In a move that has drawn criticism from some local psychologists, the Group Insurance Commission (GIC), the Massachusetts agency that oversees insurance for state employees and...

Study: parity provides relief for most vulnerable

By Howard Newman

We’re well aware of what “parity” – as it applies to mental health insurance coverage – is supposed to do. In a perfect world, parity mandates that insurance...