Articles, Leading Stories
NAMI report tracks investment in mental health
By Susan Gonsalves
The tragic Newtown, Conn. shootings in 2013 turned the spotlight on mental health issues and prompted attempts to rebuild the system with additional funding and initiatives....
Prison population in R.I. largely comprised of mentally ill people
By Rivkela Brodsky
Of Rhode Island’s more than 3,000 prison population, approximately 500 are living with a serious mental illness, said Susan Jacobsen, MA, LMHC, executive director of the...
Initiative seeks to strengthen children’s wellness
By Pamela Berard
An initiative in New Haven, Conn., aims to strengthen the integration and collaboration between physical and mental health services and increase early interventions and access...
APA consumer guide promotes parity awareness
By Janine Weisman
Four percent of Americans know there is a federal mental health parity law that requires insurance coverage of services for mental health and substance use disorders comparable...
Revamp to improve mental health area
By Catherine Robertson Souter
Natural light streams through a skylight. A dedicated shower and bathroom provides privacy. Two new safe rooms, with the ability to “swing” two more, provide a refuge from...
Assumption College promotes collaborative research
By Phyllis Hanlon
Faculty/student research has been a long-standing practice at Assumption College in Worcester, Mass.. But during the last five to eight years the institution has increased its...
Report: Pediatricians can play crucial role
By Pamela Berard
Pediatricians can play a key role in helping to identify mental health issues in new mothers, according to a report released by the Child Health and Development Institute...
Psychologist looks at both sides of love
By Catherine Robertson Souter
In recognition of the month-long celebration of love that is February, we spoke with K. Daniel O’Leary, Ph.D., distinguished professor of clinical psychology at Stony Brook...
APA ethics under investigation
By Phyllis Hanlon
New York Times reporter James Risen’s new book, “Pay Any Price: Greed, Power and Endless War,” discloses the hidden costs of war on terror, shameful governmental...
R.I. tracking and treating its chronically homeless
By Janine Weisman
The numbers of homeless people in Rhode Island did what everyone hoped when volunteers fanned out across the state one night in January 2014 to count how many people were...