Articles, Leading Stories
Vermont’s Challenges for Change seeks reductions via efficiencies
By Nan Shnitzler
Last November, the Vermont Department of Mental Health faced budget cuts in excess of $20 million for the 2011 fiscal year. When the legislature adjourned its session in the...
New Hampshire Hospital trims services/staff
By Phyllis Hanlon
Budget shortfalls are once again prompting staff and service cuts in the Green Mountain State. According to Nancy Rollins, associate commissioner for the Department of Health...
Lawsuit seeks delay or revision of parity regulations
By Catherine Robertson Souter
The fight for full parity between mental health and physical health care coverage could soon be drawing to a close…or not.
In February, several federal agencies,...
Firms place limits on mental health treatment
By Elinor Nelson
Psychologists may be seeing more managed care from their patients’ insurers. Faced with increasing costs, some employers and insurers are controlling utilization by...
Programs seek to assist children with mental health issues
By Ami Albernaz
Mental health care doesn’t carry the stigma it once did and more is understood about mental health disorders than ever before. Yet millions of those meeting the criteria...
Is excessive tanning a disorder?
By Ami Albernaz
You’ve perhaps known someone with a seemingly insatiable need to tan, no matter how bronzed he or (probably) she already is. And though these so-called...
Military Support Program running out of funds
By Pamela Berard
A Connecticut program that provides behavioral health services to soldiers and their families is seeking federal funding to continue.
The Military Support Program (MSP)...
Vermont Senate nixes proposal to track free drug samples
By Nan Shnitzler
Last November, the Vermont Department of Mental Health faced budget cuts in excess of $20 million for the 2011 fiscal year. When the legislature adjourned its session in the...
Q&A: Theory: Psychological development has two dimensions
By Catherine Robertson Souter
A school of thought, first introduced in the 1970s, holds that depression and perhaps most mental illness, stems from disruptions in psychological development. Introduced by...
Bullying – 21st century style presents challenges for targets, caregivers
By Phyllis Hanlon
Go back to your middle school years and you’ll probably remember at least one student who picked on the boy with a lisp or the girl who wore glasses. He might have shoved...