January 12th, 2011
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
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
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
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
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
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...
December 1st, 2010
By Ami Albernaz
The American Psychiatric Association recently revised its guidelines for treating Major Depressive Disorder, covering everything from clinician-patient rapport to the full...
December 1st, 2010
By Phyllis Hanlon
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final payment rule on November 2 that affirmed a 21 percent Medicare reimbursement cut effective December 1 and...
December 1st, 2010
By Ami Albernaz
A telemedicine-based protocol for treating depression among homebound elders has shown promise in a preliminary study, pointing the way for more rigorous research.
The...
December 1st, 2010
By Jennifer E Chase
A Massachusetts-based child inpatient psychiatric unit is breaking from the traditional use of restrictions and seclusion for managing troubled patients with a much softer...
