March 1st, 2010
By Elinor Nelson
It was 24 years ago at age 12 that Troy Erik Isaac of Los Angeles was first gang raped by other youths while in California state custody. “I was a troubled youth,” he says...
March 1st, 2010
By Jennifer E Chase
“Tell me what you eat, I’ll tell you who you are.”
When epicurean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin wrote that statement in 1826, he didn’t mean he could literally divine...
March 1st, 2010
By Pamela Berard
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) renewed millions in grant funding for homeless assistance programs throughout New England.
The funding,...
March 1st, 2010
By Ami Albernaz
Like most assuming a leadership post, Carol D. Goodheart, Ed.D., the relatively new president of the American Psychological Association, has a big agenda. In 2010, she hopes to...
March 1st, 2010
By Catherine Robertson Souter
Hope – it’s one of those words that brings to mind different ideas for different people. There are many definitions of hope – from blind faith to a wish for something...
March 1st, 2010
By James K Luiselli EdD ABPP BCBA-D
Treating Substance Use Disorders with Adaptive Continuing Care
By James R. McKay
American Psychological Association
Washington, D.C.,...
March 1st, 2010
By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.
For the past several months, I’ve been writing about the impact of the closing of Westborough State Hospital on the lives of patients and staff. It is much too early to know...
February 1st, 2010
By Ami Albernaz
For Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder patients who have exhausted all other treatment options, surgery offers great potential and poses great risk. For doctors shepherding along...
February 1st, 2010
By Phyllis Hanlon
Vermont’s Department of Mental Health (DMH) has proposed some legislative changes in hopes of expediting and simplifying processes involving individuals with mental health...
February 1st, 2010
By Elinor Nelson
The most vulnerable population in R.I. is about to get a leg up – or at least a tiny percentage of them will. Federal stimulus money totaling $1.6 million will be funding an...
