Articles, Leading Stories

January 1st, 2012

Cap recommended on addiction treatment

By Pamela Berard

Maine state budget task force recommended a two-year MaineCare limit on Suboxone – a replacement drug used for the treatment of opiate addiction – as part of an effort to...

January 1st, 2012

Program faced possible closure

By Phyllis Hanlon

On Nov. 1, Milestone Foundation, a detoxification program for alcoholics and substance abusers in Portland, Maine, faced possible closure because of perceived non-compliance...

January 1st, 2012

Sleep habits at heart of psychologist’s work

By Catherine Robertson Souter

Ask anyone if they get enough sleep at night and most will say, “No way.” Then ask why not. Full schedules, demanding jobs, social media, television…it all gets in...

January 1st, 2012

Doing Therapy with Children and Adolescents with Asperger Syndrome

By Paul Efthim PhD

“Doing Therapy with Children and Adolescents with Asperger Syndrome”

By Richard Bromfield

John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Hoboken, N.J. 2010

 Use...

January 1st, 2012

The Mind-Body Mood Solution: The Breakthrough Drug-Free Program for Lasting Relief from Depression

By James K Luiselli EdD ABPP BCBA-D

“The Mind-Body Mood Solution: The Breakthrough Drug-Free Program for Lasting Relief from Depression”

By Jeffrey Rossman

Rodale Books

New York, N.Y....

January 1st, 2012

Moving ahead with our lives

By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.

January reminds us that there is only one inexorable thing and that is the passage of time. The proactive response to this realization is the New Year’s resolution or what we...

December 1st, 2011

Compulsive shopping has repercussions

By Phyllis Hanlon

The Halloween decorations no sooner come down before retailers begin a full-blown campaign to lure consumers into the stores with cash, check or credit card in hand for special...

December 1st, 2011

Mental illness contributes to huge economic burden

By Nan Shnitzler

Disease is typically described in human terms such as diagnosis, prevalence and mortality. But the World Economic Forum took a fiscal approach in a report released this past...

December 1st, 2011

Deficit jeopardizes special education in E. Providence

By Nan Shnitzler

The city of East Providence, R.I., owes Bradley Hospital $4.5 million for in-district special education, a debt that has jeopardized the program and called attention to the...

December 1st, 2011

Holistic treatments help depression

By Jennifer E Chase

The results are in: You can easily enhance how you treat your patients’ depression at the holidays – or any time of year, for that matter – with this simple prescription:...