December 1st, 2011
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...
December 1st, 2011
By Jennifer E Chase
Gould Farm in Western, Mass., believes its few hundred acres is the perfect place for learning to cope and live with mental illness. Located among the Bay State’s bucolic...
December 1st, 2011
By Catherine Robertson Souter
For children with Asperger’s disorder, along with parents, educators and mental health professionals who work with them, establishing relationships can be difficult and...
December 1st, 2011
By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.
When this year’s Nobel Prize winners were announced in October, there was a psychologist on the list. Sweden’s Tomas Tranströmer is not the first psychologist to win a...
December 1st, 2011
By James K Luiselli EdD ABPP BCBA-D
By Ennio Cipani and Kevin M. Schock
Springer Publishing Company, LLC
New York, NY, 2011
Resource ideal for university coursework
Reviewed by James...
November 1st, 2011
By Phyllis Hanlon
Few psychologists would challenge the notion that the ongoing Middle East conflicts are producing record numbers of behavioral health problems in military personnel. According...
November 1st, 2011
By Nan Shnitzler
The federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act remains under legal attack even while its provisions begin to take effect. While there’s plenty of information about...
November 1st, 2011
By Janine Weisman
Medical students experience higher rates of depression, burnout and other mental illnesses yet a new study shows insurance coverage offered by U.S. medical schools...
November 1st, 2011
By Pamela Berard
A recent study showed that a widely-prescribed medication within the Department of Veterans Affairs used in the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder did not reduce...
November 1st, 2011
By Catherine Robertson Souter
Over the past four years, the face of mental health care for lower income children has changed in Massachusetts.
In 2002, a class action lawsuit was filed on behalf of a...
