Articles, Leading Stories

August 21st, 2010

Q&A: Pioneer discusses mind/body perspective

By Catherine Robertson Souter

Have you gone to a store to get mustard and come home with three bags of groceries…but no mustard?

When we are lying on our death beds, how many of us will slap...

July 24th, 2010

Use of restraint, seclusion is controversial, Part 1

By Edward Stern J.D.

The first of a two-part column.

When the justice and mental health systems believe that someone is a risk to himself/herself or a threat to others, the courts...

July 1st, 2010

Excessive emailing/texting: The newest addiction?

By Phyllis Hanlon

In June 2008, the British Broadcasting System (BBC) published a story about two adolescents in Spain undergoing treatment at the Child and Youth Mental Health Centre near...

July 1st, 2010

Vermont’s Challenges for Change seeks reductions via efficiencies

By Nan Shnitzler

Last November, the Vermont Department of Mental Health faced budget cuts in excess of $20 million for the 2011 fiscal year. When the legislature adjourned its session in the...

July 1st, 2010

New Hampshire Hospital trims services/staff

By Phyllis Hanlon

Budget shortfalls are once again prompting staff and service cuts in the Green Mountain State. According to Nancy Rollins, associate commissioner for the Department of Health...

July 1st, 2010

Half-finished notebooks

By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.

At morning rounds the other day while waiting for something important to record in my recycled, spiral-bound notebook, curiosity nudged me to flip through the filled front...

July 1st, 2010

Public Speaking for Psychologists

By James K Luiselli EdD ABPP BCBA-D

“Public Speaking for Psychologists: A Lighthearted Guide to Research Presentations, Job Talks, and Other Opportunities to Embarrass Yourself”

By David...

July 1st, 2010

Clinician’s Guide to Evidence-Based Practices: Mental Health and the Addictions

By Paul Efthim PhD

“Clinician’s Guide to Evidence-Based Practices: Mental Health and the Addictions”

By John C. Norcross, Thomas P. Hogan & Gerald P....

July 1st, 2010

Lawsuit seeks delay or revision of parity regulations

By Catherine Robertson Souter

The fight for full parity between mental health and physical health care coverage could soon be drawing to a close…or not.

In February, several federal agencies,...

July 1st, 2010

Providing care is an ongoing challenge

By Ami Albernaz

Mental health care doesn’t carry the stigma it once did and more is understood about mental health disorders than ever before. Yet millions of those meeting the criteria...