November 1st, 2012
By Pamela Berard
California became the first state to ban licensed mental health professionals from engaging in sexual orientation change efforts (often called reparative or conversion therapy)...
November 1st, 2012
By Phyllis Hanlon
Magellan Health Services Inc. announced that as of Aug. 15 its subsidiary, Magellan Health Behavioral Health Inc., became one of several vendors to administer the Military...
November 1st, 2012
By Phyllis Hanlon
The wars, both recent and past, have been the cause of significant visible and invisible injuries to military personnel serving in these conflicts. As the number of returning...
November 1st, 2012
By Catherine Robertson Souter
When Hurricane Irene tore through Vermont in the summer of 2011, it took with it the 120-year-old state hospital in Waterbury. The 52 beds lost in the flooding caused by the...
November 1st, 2012
By Janine Weisman
Bob Breen, Ph.D., is going to vote no on Rhode Island’s statewide Questions 1 and 2 on Nov. 6. But the licensed clinical psychologist and director of Rhode Island...
November 1st, 2012
By Pamela Berard
In just three years, the Brattleboro Retreat Uniformed Service Program (USP) in Vermont has helped about 1,200 uniformed service professionals deal with issues including...
November 1st, 2012
By Catherine Robertson Souter
Ten years ago, Michael McManmon’s life changed drastically. When the founder of a post-secondary college and employment program for young adults with learning differences was...
November 1st, 2012
By Janine Weisman
Research has suggested politicians, especially U.S. presidents, are narcissists. But are they psychopaths too?
Successful ones share a boldness associated with...
November 1st, 2012
By James K Luiselli EdD ABPP BCBA-D
“Billing and Collecting for Your Mental Health Practice: Effective Strategies and Ethical Practice”
By Jeffrey E. Barnett and Steven Walfish
American...
November 1st, 2012
By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.
On the first Tuesday in October 2012, 130 people being treated for mental illness quietly slipped away from Worcester State Hospital. They were preceded by more than three...
