A proposed six-month limit on the ability of insurance companies to retroactively deny claims for mental health and substance abuse services has advanced in the Massachusetts...

January 1st, 2018

‘Weinstein effect’ comes to campus

By Janine Weisman

He was once one of the most powerful men in Hollywood. Then allegations of decades of sexual assault and harassment dethroned film producer Harvey Weinstein last fall, rocking...

January 1st, 2018

Minors can be treated without permission

By Pamela Berard

Vermont minors can now consent to receive outpatient treatment from a mental health professional without the consent of a parent or legal guardian.

Newly enacted...

January 1st, 2018

Harrington Health Care System to open behavioral health clinic in CT

By Phyllis Hanlon

Harrington Health Care System, based in Southbridge, Mass., has recently been extending its reach, particularly in the area of behavioral health services.

Early in 2018,...

January 1st, 2018

Grant to track prison-based treatment program

By Catherine Robertson Souter

As the country continues to deal with an on-going battle against drug addiction and overdose fatalities, the National Institutes of Health has announced the funding of a study...