January 1st, 2012
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...