March 1st, 2016
By Catherine Robertson Souter
After a troubling year, and with their former chief executive officer, Norman B. Anderson, Ph.D., retiring on December 31, the American Psychological Association was in a bit...
March 1st, 2016
By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.
I have always been conscious of the passage of time and my place in its flow. As a small boy traveling by bus and subway from my suburban New Jersey home to visit my cousins in...
March 1st, 2016
By James K Luiselli EdD ABPP BCBA-D
“The Psychologically Healthy Workplace: Building a Win-Win Environment for Organizations and Employees”
Edited by Matthew J. Grawitch and David W....
February 1st, 2016
By Phyllis Hanlon
In 1974, the American Psychological Association voiced strong opposition to discrimination, prejudice and violence based on sexual orientation. Until that time, those with...
February 1st, 2016
By Janine Weisman
Connecticut and New Hampshire are among 11 states that increased funding for mental health services every year since the 2012 mass shooting at an elementary school in Newtown,...
February 1st, 2016
By Janine Weisman
When a managed care insurance company recoups payments previously made to health providers for services rendered, it’s called a clawback.
S
outh Shore Mental...
February 1st, 2016
By Phyllis Hanlon
In October 2013, the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission (HPC), launched Phase 1 of the Community Hospital Acceleration, Revitalization & Transformation (CHART)...
February 1st, 2016
By Catherine Robertson Souter
Recognizing that young adults diagnosed with cancer show poorer outcomes post-treatment, Yale-New Haven Hospital has initiated a program dedicated to psychosocial treatment for...
February 1st, 2016
By Pamela Berard
Even though overall emergency department use in Massachusetts declined in 2014 – visits associated with behavioral health conditions rose sharply, according to preliminary...
February 1st, 2016
By Pamela Berard
In response to a growing heroin and opioid addiction crisis, Butler Hospital in Providence, R.I., opened an outpatient detoxification unit.
The ambulatory program at...
