June 1st, 2010
By Catherine Robertson Souter
Scars, burn marks, and teens who wear long-sleeved shirts in 90 degree weather – what do they have in common? Hint, it’s a behavior that is reported by one support...
May 1st, 2010
By Paul Efthim PhD
By Shauna L. Shapiro and Linda E. Carlson
American Psychological Association
Washington, D.C., 2009
Mindfulness explained in clear, rigorous...
May 1st, 2010
By James K Luiselli EdD ABPP BCBA-D
Edited by Crystal L. Park, Suzanne C. Lechner, Michael H. Antoni, and Annette L. Stanton
American Psychological Association
Washington, D.C.,...
May 1st, 2010
By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.
The last time I changed jobs I thought I had found the best way to sort, pack and move important stuff from my old workplace to the new office. That was a time of volatility in...
May 1st, 2010
By Ami Albernaz
It’s often helpful to have a celebrity spokesperson for a disorder: Doug Flutie for autism; Patty Duke for bipolar disorder. Yet when it comes to sex addiction, the star...
May 1st, 2010
By Phyllis Hanlon
While incidence of mental health-related hospitalizations hasn’t diminished, the model of inpatient care is shifting. Shrinking budgets, bed elimination and community-based...
May 1st, 2010
By Nan Shnitzler
The Harvard-affiliated Judge Baker Children’s Center and the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood have parted ways in a Rashomon-like saga that has left members of both...
May 1st, 2010
By Jennifer E Chase
Acadia Hospital in Maine is improving the odds for people who may develop psychosis through a program wholly dedicated to early detection.
The Aware program’s mission...
May 1st, 2010
By Phyllis Hanlon
Since 2003, Vermont State Hospital (VSH) has lost, regained and once again lost its certification. In March, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) denied VSH’s...
May 1st, 2010
By Elinor Nelson
There is no shortage of self-report questionnaires to measure anxiety, but Mark Zimmerman, M.D. and his colleagues at Rhode Island Hospital and Alpert Medical School of Brown...
