Articles, Leading Stories

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...

November 1st, 2016

Survey: Presidential campaign takes toll on workers

By Rivkela Brodsky

The U.S. presidential campaign is taking a toll on workers, according to a recent survey by the American Psychological Association, which found one in four workers were...

November 1st, 2016

Research focuses on physical impacts, genetic roots of PTSD

By Susan Gonsalves

There’s a perception that posttraumatic stress disorder is something suffered by men who go to war. While that is sometimes the case, the disorder is more often experienced...

November 1st, 2016

New MPA president outlines goals, priorities

By Catherine Robertson Souter

With experience in a number of different areas, Dawn Cisewksi, Psy.D, must have seemed like a perfect fit as the newest president for the Massachusetts Psychological...

November 1st, 2016

“Forensic Evaluation and Treatment of Juveniles: Innovation and Best Practice”

By James K Luiselli EdD ABPP BCBA-D

“Forensic Evaluation and Treatment of Juveniles: Innovation and Best Practice”

By Randall T. Salekin

American Psychological Association

Washington,...

November 1st, 2016

“When Your Child Hurts: Effective Strategies to Increase Comfort, Reduce Stress, and Break the Cycle of Pain”

By Kerry Morrison, Psy.D

“When Your Child Hurts: Effective Strategies to Increase Comfort, Reduce Stress, and Break the Cycle of Pain”

By Rachael Coakley, Ph.D.

Yale University...