Articles, Leading Stories

CEDC opens satellite campus in N.H.

By Pamela Berard

The Cambridge (Mass.) Eating Disorder Center (CEDC) recently opened its first satellite location in Concord, N.H., to help fill a gap in services for families in the northern...

New analysis discredits Paxil study

By Janine Weisman

A 2001 clinical trial that concluded Paxil was “well tolerated and effective” for treating major depression in adolescents helped clear the way for the drug to become the...

Clinic receives grant for training professionals

By Rivkela Brodsky

Connecticut’s Wheeler Clinic received a $370,500 grant in September to train 1,500 professionals who work with 18- to 24-year-old youths in Mental Health First...

DMH proposes “Fresh Air” rights at psychiatric hospitals

By Phyllis Hanlon

Gov. Deval Patrick signed the “Fresh Air” bill into law this past January. The law, proposed by the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health, asserts that access to fresh...

Economic dependency impacts infidelity, study says

By Pamela Berard

While there are many factors that can lead to infidelity in a marriage, a new study identifies one factor that may elevate the risk of it: economic dependency.

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Becker College opens Counselor Training Clinic

By Phyllis Hanlon

This September, Becker College opened a mental health counseling clinic at its Leicester, Mass. campus. Not only will the clinic offer services to the general public, but it...

Study: Cyber bullying on the rise

By Susan Gonsalves

While school bullying has decreased in recent years, incidents of cyber bullying are on the rise, especially among girls, according to the Metrowest Adolescent Health...

Partnership seeks to strengthen mental health services

By Rivkela Brodsky

Each month, 340,000 New Yorkers – 5.3 percent of the population – experience serious psychological distress, according to New York City’s Department of Health and Mental...

Study sheds light on need for replication

By Catherine Robertson Souter

We don’t always trust what we read and that can be a good thing, according to researchers across the country who have released findings on a large-scale effort to replicate...