Articles, Leading Stories

February 1st, 2016

Study will look at models of integration

By Rivkela Brodsky

A  University of Vermont-led team of researchers has received an $18.5 million grant to examine models for integrating behavioral care into the primary care...

February 1st, 2016

APA report provides workforce data

By Rivkela Brodsky

The field of psychology remains a steady one, with Baby Boomer and Echo Boomer generations making up most of the industry, while the gender gap continues to widen and more...

February 1st, 2016

Study: Altruism is good for mental health

By Susan Gonsalves

Helping someone else can be good for your mental health.

A study, recently published in Clinical Psychological Science, concluded that doing small acts for others such...

February 1st, 2016

Psychologist weighs in on the state of relationships

By Catherine Robertson Souter

Tis the season of love…and marriage…and, for more than 40 percent of Americans, ultimately divorce. But that does not have to be the result for couples struggling to keep...

February 1st, 2016

Learning new ways to connect

By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.

With the gift of time that retirement brings and the opportunity to continue doing some clinical work, I am noticing a change in the way I talk with people in and out of the...

February 1st, 2016

“Treatment of Late-Life Depression, Anxiety, Trauma, and Substance Abuse”

By James K Luiselli EdD ABPP BCBA-D

“Treatment of Late-Life Depression, Anxiety, Trauma, and Substance Abuse”

Edited by Patricia A. Arean

American Psychological Association

Washington,...

January 1st, 2016

Trauma therapy puts yoga into practice

By Phyllis Hanlon

According to the 2012 Yoga in America study, approximately 20.4 million Americans practice yoga for a variety of reasons including increased flexibility, general conditioning,...

January 1st, 2016

Massachusetts rolls out new prior authorization forms

By Janine Weisman

Massachusetts commercial health insurance plans must accept new standard prior authorization forms for behavioral health services as early as Feb. 1 to comply with a mandate in...

January 1st, 2016

Report offers snapshot of health care services, gaps in Rhode Island

By Janine Weisman

The number of primary care physicians in Rhode Island is not enough to meet national standards for adequate access to care and is 40 percent less than previously estimated,...

January 1st, 2016

Study evaluates drug, alcohol use and related conditions

By Pamela Berard

A  recent study found that about 10 percent of Americans met the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for drug use disorder at some point in their lives and about four percent of...