July 1st, 2012
By Catherine Robertson Souter
They say that everyone has a novel in them and, for Deborah Plummer, Ph.D., getting that novel out onto paper started as escapism and turned into a well received novel about a...
July 1st, 2012
By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.
Not long ago a man I hardly knew and barely understood agreed to walk with me on the hospital grounds. I wanted to see if he was able to manage more privileges without getting...
July 1st, 2012
By Paul Efthim PhD
“Shattered Glass: The Story of a Marine Embassy Guard”
By Greg Matos
Two Harbors Press
Minneapolis, Minn, 2011
Memoir offers insights into...
June 1st, 2012
By Phyllis Hanlon
Individuals who suffer with mental illness have several treatment options from which to choose, including psychotherapy, behavioral therapy, short-term residential placement...
June 1st, 2012
By Jennifer E Chase
In a profession regulated by rules and boundaries established by governing bodies (and often, more personal ones practitioners impose on themselves), the legal issues that...
June 1st, 2012
By Catherine Robertson Souter
Across the country, the practice of applied behavior analysis (ABA) has exploded. According to Steve Woolf, Ph.D., BCBA-D, president of the Massachusetts Association for...
June 1st, 2012
By Pamela Berard
Maine and Rhode Island were two of five states to receive $600,000 in federal funding to help support the electronic sharing of health records among behavioral health and...
June 1st, 2012
By Jennifer E Chase
Boston schools are bolstering the psychological services they offer students by enlisting in private therapists – namely from Boston’s The Home for Little Wanderers – to...
June 1st, 2012
By Phyllis Hanlon
The recent uproar over the use of “scream rooms” at the Farm Hill Elementary School in Middletown, Conn. has sparked a conversation about the use of seclusion and restraint...
June 1st, 2012
By Pamela Berard
Several Rhode Island agencies and advocates for the homeless drafted a plan that would emphasize long-term housing over temporary shelters.
In 2010, 95 percent of...
