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Dual citizen
By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.
I have always wanted to be a dual citizen. Don’t get me wrong, the United States is a great place to live and my grandparents went through a lot of trouble so that my parents...
Creativity: The path to identity
By Phyllis Hanlon
Museums house innumerable works from masters such as Renoir, Monet, Rodin and Jackson Pollock. But creativity doesn’t stop there. The family refrigerator might feature the...
Dept. of Public Health approves bed closure
By Susan Gonsalves
The Department of Public Health conditionally approved UMass Memorial Medical Center’s plan to eliminate 13 of 27 inpatient psychiatry beds as part of a $30 million...
New Hampshire legislation expands mental health care
By Phyllis Hanlon
On May 11, the New Hampshire Senate unanimously passed an amendment to House Bill (HB) 400, which is intended to significantly improve access to beds for psychiatric patients...
Shortage of prompt care for children highlighted
By Pamela Berard
Appointment availability is low – and wait times, long – for a family seeking care for a child with depression, according to a recent study.
The study, published by...
Study: Military with mental issues discharged for misconduct
By Catherine Robertson Souter
According to a federal study, a high number of military personnel are given less-than-honorable discharges in spite of the fact that they had been diagnosed with conditions...
“13 Reasons Why” sparks controversy
By Pamela Berard
Mental health professionals have expressed concern about “13 Reasons Why,” the Web television series on Netflix that tells the story of Hannah, a teen who leaves behind...
Study: Facebook makes you feel bad
By Janine Weisman
Nearly 1.3 billion daily active Facebook users around the world spend an average of 50 minutes each day using the social media network or one of its apps, according to the...
Teen’s viral Facebook post could be useful to therapists
By Janine Weisman
“I brushed my hair today” begins a Facebook post that appears at first glance to be the sharing of ordinary and otherwise unremarkable information.
Except that...
Depression decreases after intervention
By Susan Gonsalves
A five-year study, recently published in JAMA Psychiatry, showed that a brief depression intervention could reduce symptoms among mothers by 40 percent. Women with lower...