Articles, Columnists
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
Report documents sexual victimization of youths in custody
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...
Increased data connects food and cognitive behavior
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...