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March 4th, 2023

Baker administration’s ‘roadmap’ seeing some benefits

By Danielle Ray

More than two dozen mental health services centers across the state have been designated Community...

March 3rd, 2023

How to walk in the dark

By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.

“You don’t need to know a whole book in order to write the first page. You need only the desire to create something that will say what you feel needs to be said,...

March 3rd, 2023

NH hospitals seek court redress for boarding of psych involuntary emergency admits

By Christina P. O'Neill

On January 10, 15 not-for-profit acute-care New Hampshire hospitals filed a motion for summary judgment in Merrimack County Superior Court against the state’s Department of...

February 5th, 2023

Mass. DOC, DOJ reach agreement on mental health reform

By Christina P. O'Neill

Massachusetts prisoners with behavioral health problems will receive heightened levels of care while in...

February 5th, 2023

Maine seeks waiver for mental disease exclusion

By Andrew Cromarty

Sen. Joe Baldacci, (D-Bangor) is proposing a bill that would force the Maine Department of Health and Human Services to apply for a federal waiver to provide funds for mental...

February 4th, 2023

CT deemed too restrictive on patients seeking gender-affirming surgery

By Eileen Weber

Based on a 2022 study from the Williams Institute at UCLA, more than 1.6 million people in the U.S. over...

January 11th, 2023

Koko Used GPT-3 AI Without Informed Consent from Users

By John Grohol, Psy.D.

When you’re on the cutting edge of trying to help people with mental health issues, sometimes it’s easy to let the technology and good intentions get ahead of...

January 10th, 2023

Residential schools: Still riding the pandemic wave

By Phyllis Hanlon

The arrival of the pandemic early in 2020 prompted residential schools to overcome significant challenges...

January 10th, 2023

Report outlines ways to expand, diversify Massachusetts’ workforce

By Susan Gonsalves

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts engaged Manatt Health to create a report that identifies ways to...