Articles, Leading Stories
Demand exists for multicultural care
By Phyllis Hanlon
After Congress passed the Refugee Act of 1980, which created the Federal Refugee Resettlement Program, three million refugees came to this country. Additionally, 43.3 million...
Disability benefits rate exceeds national average
By Janine Weisman
One New England state is not like the others when it comes to the percentage of their populations receiving benefits through the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI)...
ACO program aims to integrate healthcare
By Pamela Berard
Massachusetts is readying for a major restructuring of the current fee-for-service payment system for MassHealth, the state’s combined Medicaid and Children’s Health...
Support increasing for children who witness violence
By Janine Weisman
Rhode Island is now the second state in New England after Connecticut to cover expenses for psychiatric care and mental health counseling for children who witness homicides or...
Law would shift ‘medically necessary’ determinations to clinicians
By Phyllis Hanlon
Efforts to increase coverage for behavioral health services have been an on-going struggle for patients, families and advocates in recent years. Some politicians have stepped...
Ban proposed on conversion therapy
By Phyllis Hanlon
In June, the Massachusetts Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities held a hearing to consider legislation (S.62/H.1190) that would ban conversion...
UMaine athletes to get mental health resources
By Pamela Berard
The University of Maine (UMaine) is adding a mental health program to its athletic department.
UMaine is receiving $640,000 in a one-time distribution from the NCAA,...
Study looks at connection between mental illness, opioid addiction
By Catherine Robertson Souter
As the country reels under the spread of opioid addiction and overdosing, a recent study conducted by Dartmouth-Hitchcock and the University of Michigan has brought a new focus...
Vermont to compensate for first responders’ mental health issues
By Catherine Robertson Souter
Although one of the smallest states, especially by population, Vermont has taken the lead in mental health public policy. With a multi-partisan bill that was signed into law by...
Clark team committed to address disparity issues
By Catherine Robertson Souter
For minorities and the poor in this country, the rates of access to and use of mental health care services remain far lower than those of majority whites.
At Clark...