Leading Stories

April 1st, 2010

Psychologist studies links between DSM panel, drug industry

By Catherine Robertson Souter

As the lines between corporate sponsorship and ethical practice grow fuzzier, it can be difficult to discern what constitutes a conflict of interest in scientific research and...

March 1st, 2010

Antidepressants study raises questions

By Ami Albernaz

A dozen years ago, rumblings began that antidepressants perhaps really weren’t as effective as people thought. A 1998 analysis of 38 manufacturer-sponsored studies found that...

March 1st, 2010

Integrated services: a multi-disciplinary approach to healthcare

By Phyllis Hanlon

Since 2001, cooperation and collaboration among Rhode Island’s insurers, physicians and behavioral health specialists has spawned practices that marry medical and...

March 1st, 2010

N.H. outlines legislative priorities

By Catherine Robertson Souter

In New Hampshire, with its 424-person legislative body (the fourth largest in the world behind the British and Indian Parliaments and the U.S. Congress), there are always a...

March 1st, 2010

Parent training, medication help curb dangerous behavior

By Jennifer E Chase

Early parent training on how to best teach and communicate with their child – when combined with medication – may be the key to reducing the destructive behavior that often...

March 1st, 2010

CPA backs mental health-related legislation

By Phyllis Hanlon

Every year, states across the country focus legislative efforts on health care, safety, children’s issues, economic matters and dozens of other concerns. This year in...

March 1st, 2010

HealthNet contracts with Beacon Health

By Nan Shnitzler

Reimbursement could suffer

Boston Medical Center HealthNet Plan has contracted with Beacon Health Strategies to administer behavioral health programs for its...

March 1st, 2010

Geriatric program meets community need

By Ami Albernaz

An inpatient geriatric psychiatry program at Saint Anne’s Hospital in Fall River, Mass., launched last Sept. is filling a void in care for older adults in southeastern Mass....

March 1st, 2010

Report documents sexual victimization of youths in custody

By Elinor Nelson

It was 24 years ago at age 12 that Troy Erik Isaac of Los Angeles was first gang raped by other youths while in California state custody. “I was a troubled youth,” he says...

March 1st, 2010

Increased data connects food and cognitive behavior

By Jennifer E Chase

“Tell me what you eat, I’ll tell you who you are.”

When epicurean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin wrote that statement in 1826, he didn’t mean he could literally divine...