Leading Stories

November 1st, 2010

Learn to Cope becomes addiction‘school’ for parents

By Jennifer E Chase

She’ll probably downplay the whole thing by saying it started by accident. She’ll probably tell you that the majority of the site is written by her only because she...

November 1st, 2010

Early detection equals improved outcomes even for psychosis

By Nan Shnitzler

At Massachusetts General Hospital’s First-Episode and Early Psychosis Program (FEPP), they like to say, forget what you know about schizophrenia.

“People...

November 1st, 2010

Report shows that older adults are abusing drugs

By Catherine Robertson Souter

Drug addiction is often thought to be the scourge of the young. A new report, however, shows that substance abuse is becoming a greater concern among Americans over 50 years...

November 1st, 2010

Cough medicines to stay available

By Nan Shnitzler

A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel voted 15 to nine to continue to allow cough medicines containing dextromethorphan (DXM) to be sold over the counter despite...

November 1st, 2010

Q&A: Spotlight shines on investigative psychology

By Catherine Robertson Souter

A brutal murder. An overwhelmed and understaffed police force. A vicious killer that no one can pinpoint. No one, that is, until the investigative psychologist comes on board....

October 20th, 2010

Q&A: Human trafficking is focus of cross cultural work

By Catherine Robertson Souter

It shouldn’t happen but it does. Human trafficking is one crime that we imagine happens in the shadowy alleys or dirt poor towns of third world countries, where local...

October 1st, 2010

Fire-setting: an under-addressed issue

By Phyllis Hanlon

In 2008, 30,500 fires were set, resulting in 315 deaths and $866 million in loss, according to the United States Fire Administration (USFA). Even more alarming, Federal Bureau...

October 1st, 2010

Arts programs make inroads with DYS students

By Jennifer E Chase

The Mass. Department of Education holds youth who are serving time in juvenile detention centers to the same state-mandated compliance standards as their counterparts “on...

October 1st, 2010

In Practice: “Genuine Voices” heals as it teaches

By Jennifer E Chase

After the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, Berklee School of Music Senior Juri Ify Love chose a community service-based senior project that would change her life as much as those she...

October 1st, 2010

Special education and residential schools gradually disappearing

By Phyllis Hanlon

As states across the country continue to seek ways to reduce costs, services and programs relating to mental health issues often suffer the greatest cuts. In New England, the...