May 1st, 2015
By Howard Newman
Based on the previous success of a similar program and the inspiration of a former patient, McLean Hospital is opening a new center for drug and alcohol addiction treatment in...
May 1st, 2015
By Pamela Berard
A new report in Connecticut calls for a state-wide system to ensure a range of professionals who work with infants and their families receive training in infant mental...
May 1st, 2015
By Rivkela Brodsky
A mental health residential treatment program with nine sites in Massachusetts closed its doors last fall – but one of its sites lives on.
One of the Wild Acre Inns,...
May 1st, 2015
By Susan Gonsalves
Hampstead Hospital’s new intensive outpatient program launched in March is designed to provide comprehensive support to adolescents and decrease the need for...
May 1st, 2015
By Phyllis Hanlon
The National Eating Disorders Association reports that 20 million women and 10 million men in the United States suffer from an eating disorder, including anorexia nervosa,...
May 1st, 2015
By Catherine Robertson Souter
David Matteodo is executive director of the Massachusetts Association of Behavioral Health Systems (MABHS). A non-profit trade organization that represents the interests of 44...
May 1st, 2015
By James K Luiselli EdD ABPP BCBA-D
“Perfectionism: A Guide for Mental Health Professionals”
By Michael Brustein
Springer Publishing Company, LLC
New York, N.Y.,...
May 1st, 2015
By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.
Flannery O’Connor has a powerful short story entitled, “The Displaced Person,” where she describes the impact of the arrival of a refugee family on a small Southern farm....
April 1st, 2015
By Phyllis Hanlon
The first two months in 2015 registered as momentous for New Englanders in several ways. In addition to near record snowfalls, bone-chilling temperatures, treacherous road...
April 1st, 2015
By Janine Weisman
A projected $500,000 deficit this fiscal year forced the Portland Community Health Center to eliminate the job of the chief program officer who oversaw its behavioral health...
