Articles, Leading Stories
Behavioral health ED visits on the rise
By Pamela Berard
Even though overall emergency department use in Massachusetts declined in 2014 – visits associated with behavioral health conditions rose sharply, according to preliminary...
Detox unit opens at Butler Hospital
By Pamela Berard
In response to a growing heroin and opioid addiction crisis, Butler Hospital in Providence, R.I., opened an outpatient detoxification unit.
The ambulatory program at...
Study will look at models of integration
By Rivkela Brodsky
A University of Vermont-led team of researchers has received an $18.5 million grant to examine models for integrating behavioral care into the primary care...
APA report provides workforce data
By Rivkela Brodsky
The field of psychology remains a steady one, with Baby Boomer and Echo Boomer generations making up most of the industry, while the gender gap continues to widen and more...
Study: Altruism is good for mental health
By Susan Gonsalves
Helping someone else can be good for your mental health.
A study, recently published in Clinical Psychological Science, concluded that doing small acts for others such...
Psychologist weighs in on the state of relationships
By Catherine Robertson Souter
Tis the season of love…and marriage…and, for more than 40 percent of Americans, ultimately divorce. But that does not have to be the result for couples struggling to keep...
Trauma therapy puts yoga into practice
By Phyllis Hanlon
According to the 2012 Yoga in America study, approximately 20.4 million Americans practice yoga for a variety of reasons including increased flexibility, general conditioning,...
Massachusetts rolls out new prior authorization forms
By Janine Weisman
Massachusetts commercial health insurance plans must accept new standard prior authorization forms for behavioral health services as early as Feb. 1 to comply with a mandate in...
Report offers snapshot of health care services, gaps in Rhode Island
By Janine Weisman
The number of primary care physicians in Rhode Island is not enough to meet national standards for adequate access to care and is 40 percent less than previously estimated,...
Study evaluates drug, alcohol use and related conditions
By Pamela Berard
A recent study found that about 10 percent of Americans met the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for drug use disorder at some point in their lives and about four percent of...