Articles, Leading Stories

December 1st, 2015

Celebrity stalking: a dangerous combination of obsession, delusion

By Phyllis Hanlon

When Robert John Bardo murdered actress Rebecca Schaeffer in 1989, he drew public attention to the issue of stalking. In response, California passed the first stalking...

December 1st, 2015

NAMI forum offers multi-faceted workshops

By Susan Gonsalves

Preventing unnecessary arrests and prison time for people with mental health disorders is the goal of the Criminal Justice Diversion Project, a National Alliance on Mental...

December 1st, 2015

Violence toward staff of concern at Worcester Recovery Center

By Rivkela Brodsky

When the Worcester Recovery Center and Hospital opened in 2012 it was touted as a state-of-the art facility that emphasized the “natural structure of home, neighborhood and...

December 1st, 2015

Mental health screenings come out in the open

By Janine Weisman

G“et a CHECK-UP from the NECK UP?”

The sign next to the sleek looking kiosk in the first floor lobby of the rec center at Drexel University in Philadelphia invites...

December 1st, 2015

Many children see primary doctors for mental health care

By Rivkela Brodsky

Primary care physicians play a large role in treating children in the U.S. dealing with mental health conditions, according to a new study.

The study, published in the...

December 1st, 2015

Study boosts belief that anorexia is brain-based illness

By Pamela Berard

A new study may help explain why anorexia nervosa is so hard to treat: those who struggle with it activate a different part of the brain when making food choices than those who...

December 1st, 2015

Early interventions crucial in schizophrenia treatment

By Janine Weisman

“Family psycho education,” “resilience-focused individual therapy,” and “supported employment and education.” All are interventions a team of clinicians...

December 1st, 2015

Professor: Violence has decreased

By Catherine Robertson Souter

Ask the person sitting next to you on the subway if the world is less safe than when they were younger. Most likely he will say yes and start railing about terrorist acts, gun...

November 1st, 2015

Examining psychosomatic illness

By Phyllis Hanlon

The National Institutes of Health reported that prior to the 19th century, many in the medical field believed emotions were connected to physical illness. That way of thinking...

November 1st, 2015

Colleges strive to improve psychological services

By Janine Weisman

The number one problem Connecticut College students come to Student Counseling Services seeking help for is anxiety followed by depression, according to its director,...

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