Book Reviews

February 15th, 2011

Lesbian and Gay Parents and Their Children: Research on the Family Life Cycle

By Paul Efthim PhD

Book examines children of sexual minority parents
(February 2011 Issue)

“Lesbian and Gay Parents and
Their Children: Research on the Family Life...

February 15th, 2011

Saving our lives one step at a time

By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.

Just one month into the new year, some of our resolutions for self-improvement may have already started to split along the fault lines of old comfortable habits and resistance...

February 1st, 2011

Common Dilemmas in Couple Therapy

By Paul Efthim PhD

Author guides readers through menu of techniques
(February 2011 Issue)

“Common Dilemmas in Couple Therapy”
By Judith P. Leavitt Routledge
New York,...

January 15th, 2011

Earning a Living Outside of Managed Mental Health Care: 50 Ways to Expand Your Practice

By James K Luiselli EdD ABPP BCBA-D

Unique resource is fun, worthwhile read

(January 2011 Issue)

“Earning a Living Outside of Managed Mental Health Care: 50 Ways to Expand Your Practice”

January 12th, 2011

More than a few good interns

By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.

By the time this column appears in January, the interview phase of the annual internship sweepstakes will be in full swing. But as I write in December, I have just finished...

December 16th, 2010

Ebenezer Scrooge and the Season of Second Chances

By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.

What I love most about the dark cold days of December is the opportunity they give us to notice and enjoy glimpses of contrasting light and warmth. Outdoors the cold makes...

December 16th, 2010

Crimes against children are decreasing

By Catherine Robertson Souter

If you took the nation’s pulse only by reading newspapers, you’d probably believe that bullying and crimes against children are on the rise. In fact, those reports,...

December 16th, 2010

Bill would extend technology assistance to mental health providers

By Pamela Berard

Time is running out, but Congress is considering legislation that would amend the Public Health Service Act and the Social Security Act to extend health information technology...

December 1st, 2010

CDC adds depression module to behavioral risk survey

By Nan Shnitzler

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention included a depression questionnaire in the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) survey for the first time in...

December 1st, 2010

Shared decision making embraces consumers

By Nan Shnitzler

Shared decision making (SDM) is an interactive, collaborative process between consumers and their health care providers about decisions pertinent to the consumer’s...