Articles, Leading Stories
Tragedy underscores need of intervention
By Howard Newman
When tragedy struck Ken and Danielle Lambert six years ago, they grieved for a short while and then took action. They never wanted anyone to experience the type of heartbreak...
Program adapts to changing system and challenges
By Pamela Berard
The Victims of Violence (VOV) Program of the Cambridge Health Alliance in Massachusetts may have won an award for innovation – but it has done so without wavering from its...
Study: Neurofeedback helpful for ADHD
By Catherine Robertson Souter
According to the Center for Disease Control, the number of children aged 4-17 diagnosed with ADHD in the past 10 years has risen dramatically, from 7.8 percent in 2003 to 11...
Online tool helps dieters lose weight
By Susan Gonsalves
A Web-based commercial weight loss program that pairs financial incentives with social influence has shown positive results, according to a recent study conducted by Miriam...
Research looks at benefits of online game
By Susan Gonsalves
Age has an impact on the benefits people think they derive from playing the popular online game Bejeweled Blitz.
Susan Krauss Whitbourne Ph.D., a professor of psychology...
New Riverview leader hopes to bring new direction
By Catherine Robertson Souter
After a tumultuous few months, the mental health system in Maine will have new life breathed into it in the person of Robert Jay Harper, a former patient advocate with the...
Extreme weight loss: media’s misplaced message
By Phyllis Hanlon
Thin is in. Or so various media sources would have the general public believe. Magazines, newspapers and now reality shows are promoting the message that excessive dieting and...
Privileges quest fizzles
By Catherine Robertson Souter
At a time when mental health care and health insurance have taken center stage in the American dialogue, it can be shocking to find that patients may find basic access to...
Consumer protection bill filed to restrict use of ‘psychotherapist’
By Pamela Berard
Proposed Massachusetts legislation would restrict use of the terms “psychotherapist” or “psychotherapy” to only those professionals licensed with “psychotherapy”...
Bill to expand veterans’ court is revised
By Rivkela Brodsky
A $1.16 million proposal to expand Maine’s veterans’ court statewide has been revised to a $40,000 plan to cover a grant expiring at the end of June, says Rep. Lori Fowle...