Articles, Leading Stories

November 1st, 2017

Prediction shows drop in opioid fatalities

By Catherine Robertson Souter

There may be a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel for the New Hampshire opioid crisis. At the very least there is some positive news coming from the state’s Office of...

November 1st, 2017

Walden tackles LGBTQ eating disorders

By Eileen Weber

The statistics for eating disorders in the LGBTQ community are unsettling. According to the International Journal of Eating Disorders, 42 percent of men with this issue...

November 1st, 2017

Program to focus on social justice, human rights

By Catherine Robertson Souter

After spending nearly a decade fighting for a change in how psychologists work with the Department of Defense around torture techniques, Stephen Soldz, Ph.D., a professor at...

November 1st, 2017

“Managing Therapy-Interfering Behavior: Strategies from Dialectical Behavior Therapy”

By Kerry Morrison, Psy.D

“Managing Therapy-Interfering Behavior: Strategies from Dialectical Behavior Therapy”

By Alexander L. Chapman and M. Zachary Rosenthal

American Psychological...

November 1st, 2017

When prayers are not enough

By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.

There is nothing worse than a mass shooting like the one in Las Vegas last month, except perhaps how easy it is to forget and to go about our lives as if nothing had ever...

October 1st, 2017

Behavioral disorders: accurate diagnosis proves challenging

By Phyllis Hanlon

Children placed in residential care present with a variety of behavioral disorders, sometimes with more than one. Determining a specific diagnosis can be daunting for the...

October 1st, 2017

Debate heats up over Trump’s mental health

By Janine Weisman

If he had to do it all over again, John Gartner, Ph.D., would have asked mental health professionals to state their degree when he launched an online petition drive last...

October 1st, 2017

Program integrates physical, mental health

By Pamela Berard

Patients with serious mental illness who participated in a Behavioral Health Home (BHH) program saw reductions in emergency department (ED) visits and psychiatric...

October 1st, 2017

Report seeks to increase information sharing

By Janine Weisman

i-FamilyNet, the case management system that Massachusetts Department of Children and Families partner providers use, has information in narrative form. But the state...

October 1st, 2017

Adolescent suicide rates on the rise

By Catherine Robertson Souter

Suicide rates among adolescents have shown a steady increase over the past decade, according to a report put out by the Centers for Disease Control. The rates among girls ages...