Articles, Columnists
Recovery thoughts for the day
By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.
There are new faces everywhere in the hospital and I am not just talking about new patients or staff. Just the other day, I ran into Jimmy Carter in the chapel and a colleague...
At the turning of the year
By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.
A gentle rain is falling outside the upstairs window as I write these words at the turning of another year. The holiday season is upon us with Thanksgiving, Hanukah, Christmas...
It’s all happening at the dump
By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.
It’s not every day I get a chance to attend a world premiere, so when my neighbor Joe sent me the invitation, I promptly accepted. Never mind that it wasn’t exactly...
It’s a big world after all
By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.
If dreams, as Freud famously wrote, are the royal road to the unconscious, then perception must surely be at least a serviceable two-lane highway to our understanding of...
Test data access examined
By Edward Stern J.D.
Are clients/patients entitled to test data as part of their records if they request a copy of their records or request their records be forwarded to others?
In 2002, the...
Remembering two voices of hope
By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.
Confronted by the many faces of depression and despair that we see in our offices, we listen and speak, choosing our silences as carefully as we choose our words, never...
Finding happiness in the psychology aisle
By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.
Don’t Roll Your Eyes when you see what’s coming but every nine years or so, I use this column to report on a visit to my...
Should 17-year-olds be prosecuted in adult criminal court?
By Edward Stern J.D.
It appears to be time for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to raise the age for juvenile court jurisdiction to 18 to become compatible with federal juvenile law and other...
Reflecting on our other lives
By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.
There is nothing like a graduation to remind us of the choices that shape our lives, the ones we have already made and the ones yet to come. This morning as I sit in a...
Not quite all Bostonians now
By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.
I learned about the marathon bombings somewhere on the New Jersey Turnpike when our daughter, who lives and works in Boston, called to say that she was safe. It was an odd way...