Articles, Leading Stories

October 1st, 2012

Study focuses on explosive disorder in teens

By Pamela Berard

Nearly two-thirds of adolescents admitted to having anger attacks that involved destroying property or threatening or engaging in violence and one-in-12 of those adolescents...

October 1st, 2012

“The Conscious Body: A Psychoanalytic Exploration of the Body in Therapy”

By Paul Efthim PhD

“The Conscious Body: A Psychoanalytic Exploration of the Body in Therapy”

By Perrin Elisha

American Psychological Association

Washington, D.C.,...

October 1st, 2012

PsycEssentials: A Pocket Resource for Mental Health Practitioners

By James K Luiselli EdD ABPP BCBA-D

“PsycEssentials: A Pocket Resource for Mental Health Practitioners”

By Janet L. Sonne

American Psychological Association

Washington, D.C.,...

October 1st, 2012

Mental health on blue line to Tijuana

By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.

Search the Internet for articles about the mentally ill riding trains and buses and you will find stories about people with mental illness behaving badly on commuter or...

August 24th, 2012

Curing trauma: Reality or myth?

By Phyllis Hanlon

Horrific events such as a divorce, serious motor vehicle accident, physical assault, a terrorist attack or military service in an active war zone hold the potential for...

August 24th, 2012

States with privileges provide feedback

By Pamela Berard

Since 2002, when New Mexico became the first state to grant prescription privileges to psychologists, only Louisiana has followed suit.

But Dan Abrahamson, Ph.D.,...

August 24th, 2012

Region’s pursuit of privileges on hiatus

By Pamela Berard

While several states have active groups pursuing legislation for prescription privileges for psychologists, such efforts appear on hiatus in New England.

Dan Abrahamson,...

August 24th, 2012

Study: Ketamine holds promise for PTSD treatment

By Janine Weisman

A fast acting anesthetic approved more than 40 years ago for American soldiers during the Vietnam War may hold the key to better treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder...

August 24th, 2012

PTSD support remains pertinent for Holocaust survivors

By Jennifer E Chase

Elihu Kover is the vice president of Nazi Victim Services for Selfhelp, Inc., a New York City organization that provides assistance to people who lived through the Holocaust....

August 24th, 2012

Police officers at higher risk of suicide

By Janine Weisman

In 1976, a 35-year-old Connecticut State Police trooper stopped by Ron Clark’s office to talk. No sooner had he closed the door, the trooper’s radio went off, summoning him...