Articles, Columnists

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:...

December 1st, 2011

Psychiatric Advance Directives empower patients, control treatment

By Phyllis Hanlon

The concept of advance directives was born in 1991 when the federal government introduced the Patient Self-Determination Act, which required all healthcare facilities that...

December 1st, 2011

R.I. ranked first for mental illness, suicide attempts

By Pamela Berard

Rhode Island recently was atop two national studies, indicating the state had the highest rate of mental illness and suicide attempts.

In a Substance Abuse and Mental...

December 1st, 2011

Young addicts need aid to change

By Janine Weisman

Young adults with severe addiction problems genuinely want to become clean and sober. They just don’t know how to do it, says a new study by the Center for Addiction Medicine...

December 1st, 2011

Reduced SSI checks means drop in aid for mentally ill

By Jennifer E Chase

After months of voicing frustration and taking legal action over proposed cuts to their Supplementary Security Income (SSI) in the fall, Rhode Island’s elderly and disabled...

December 1st, 2011

Study: Self-harm patients not receiving mental health evaluations

By Pamela Berard

About half of self-harm patients treated in hospital emergency rooms and discharged did not receive a mental health evaluation before being sent home, according to a recent...