Book Reviews

April 1st, 2010

Polarities of Experience: Relatedness and Self-Definition in Personality Development, Psychopathology, and the Therapeutic Process

By Paul Efthim PhD

“Polarities of Experience: Relatedness and Self-Definition in Personality Development, Psychopathology, and the Therapeutic Process”

By Sidney J....

April 1st, 2010

Instant Psychopharmacology

By James K Luiselli EdD ABPP BCBA-D

“Instant Psychopharmacology”

By Ronald J. Diamond, M.D.

W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.

New York, N.Y., 2009

 Medications thoroughly examined...

April 1st, 2010

Recall woes hit psychologists

By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.

The big news over the past few months has been the recall of thousands of cars by the world’s largest auto manufacturer. First it was an accelerator problem, and then it was...

March 1st, 2010

Antidepressants study raises questions

By Ami Albernaz

A dozen years ago, rumblings began that antidepressants perhaps really weren’t as effective as people thought. A 1998 analysis of 38 manufacturer-sponsored studies found that...

March 1st, 2010

Integrated services: a multi-disciplinary approach to healthcare

By Phyllis Hanlon

Since 2001, cooperation and collaboration among Rhode Island’s insurers, physicians and behavioral health specialists has spawned practices that marry medical and...

March 1st, 2010

N.H. outlines legislative priorities

By Catherine Robertson Souter

In New Hampshire, with its 424-person legislative body (the fourth largest in the world behind the British and Indian Parliaments and the U.S. Congress), there are always a...

March 1st, 2010

Parent training, medication help curb dangerous behavior

By Jennifer E Chase

Early parent training on how to best teach and communicate with their child – when combined with medication – may be the key to reducing the destructive behavior that often...

March 1st, 2010

CPA backs mental health-related legislation

By Phyllis Hanlon

Every year, states across the country focus legislative efforts on health care, safety, children’s issues, economic matters and dozens of other concerns. This year in...

March 1st, 2010

HealthNet contracts with Beacon Health

By Nan Shnitzler

Reimbursement could suffer

Boston Medical Center HealthNet Plan has contracted with Beacon Health Strategies to administer behavioral health programs for its...

March 1st, 2010

Geriatric program meets community need

By Ami Albernaz

An inpatient geriatric psychiatry program at Saint Anne’s Hospital in Fall River, Mass., launched last Sept. is filling a void in care for older adults in southeastern Mass....