Articles, Book Reviews

December 1st, 2016

“Teaching Life Skills to Children and Teens With ADHD: A Guide For Parents and Counselors”

By Kerry Morrison, Psy.D

“Teaching Life Skills to Children and Teens With ADHD: A Guide For Parents and Counselors”

By Vincent J. Monastra, Ph.D.

American Psychological...

December 1st, 2016

A walk through time and history

By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.

Sometimes we have to remind ourselves to slow down, especially when we travel. And so my wife and I started the morning with breakfast in a park near our London hotel, relaxing...

November 1st, 2016

Treating responders: a shift in technique

By Phyllis Hanlon

The devastation that occurred on 9/11 shook the entire world. But since that time, numerous other traumatic events – the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School, the San...

November 1st, 2016

MPA advocates lifting gun research funding ban

By Janine Weisman

A move by the Massachusetts Psychological Association to push for the removal of barriers on the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s ability to fund research on...

November 1st, 2016

Maine law places restrictions on opioid prescriptions

By Pamela Berard

Echoing a nation-wide problem, Maine is working to stem the rise of opioid use and overdose.

Maine reported more than 270 drug overdose deaths in 2015 – a 31 percent...

November 1st, 2016

Massachusetts extends deadline for EHR adoption

By Janine Weisman

Massachusetts behavioral health care providers have more time to fully adopt electronic health record systems (EHR) that connect to the state’s health information exchange...

November 1st, 2016

Bridgewater State Hospital to enhance treatment services

By Pamela Berard

Bridgewater State Hospital, Massachusetts’ only secure psychiatric hospital for adult males, which houses and treats mentally ill men either charged with or convicted of a...

November 1st, 2016

Chief medical officer resigns from New Hampshire Hospital

By Catherine Robertson Souter

After a tumultuous seven months that has seen a number of resignations of hospital staff, the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services recently announced the...

November 1st, 2016

Grant aims to build trauma sensitivity in schools

By Rivkela Brodsky

Providence Children &Youth Cabinet – a coalition of organizations, systems, residents and youth organized around community-generated priorities in Providence, R.I. –...

November 1st, 2016

New England Center for Children opens research institute

By Phyllis Hanlon

In 1975, the New England Center for Children (NECC) in Southborough was founded to “transform the lives of children with autism worldwide through education, research and...