Articles, Leading Stories
Prison unit addresses abuse
By Catherine Robertson Souter
According to N.H. Corrections Department officials, nearly 85 percent of prisoners in the state’s penitentiary system are dealing with substance abuse issues. While not all...
WRAP workshops expand across Vermont
By Pamela Berard
Vermont’s Blueprint for Health initiative is helping to coordinate and expand throughout the state a series of free, evidence-based self-management workshops to help...
Greater Burlington takes step to address homelessness
By Howard Newman
Sixteen nonprofits, government agencies and other organizations in the greater Burlington, Vt., area have joined to try a different approach to combating...
Search for new director underway
By Pamela Berard
As 2014 came to a close, interviewing for a new executive director of the Massachusetts Psychological Association was underway.
Operations Manager Pamela Goodspeed, who...
Brattleboro Retreat responds to third failed inspection
By Phyllis Hanlon
On Oct. 1, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) conducted a follow-up visit to the Brattleboro Retreat after previous inspections in June and August revealed...
Impact of medical marijuana to be studied
By Rivkela Brodsky
As more states move toward legalizing the use of medical marijuana, the timing is right for researchers to start examining the impact of the substance on the...
Research focuses on creativity
By Catherine Robertson Souter
From Beethoven to Vincent Van Gogh to Sylvia Plath, the path to creative greatness is strewn with men and women who are said to have suffered from mental health disorders. At...
Epidemics: psychologists urge vigilance
By Phyllis Hanlon
Government officials attired in hazmat suits; dead bodies under blankets; hospital personnel wearing facemasks, gowns and head coverings – images like these have flashed...
Behavioral health system examined at hearing
By Janine Weisman
A 55-year-old patient with high cholesterol, high blood pressure and chronic depression potentially may have three entities overseeing his health care – his...
Study shows access to psychiatric care is difficult
By Rivkela Brodsky
Just getting that first appointment with a private psychiatrist is a difficult process and having insurance doesn’t make it easier, according to a new study by Harvard...