Articles, Leading Stories

January 1st, 2014

Prescription drug deaths high in R.I.

By Catherine Robertson Souter

Along with the increase of prescription drug use in the U.S., the number of drug-related deaths has risen sharply across the country with some states seeing rates quadruple...

January 1st, 2014

Program addresses co-occurring eating disorders and diabetes

By Phyllis Hanlon

The American Diabetes Association reports that research suggests eating disorders may be more common among women who also have diabetes than in those who do not. Until...

January 1st, 2014

Departing MPA executive director reflects on tenure

By Catherine Robertson Souter

For the past two decades, the same face, the same name has been so linked with the Massachusetts Psychological Association, that it will be very strange when she is no longer...

January 1st, 2014

At the turning of the year

By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.

A gentle rain is falling outside the upstairs window as I write these words at the turning of another year. The holiday season is upon us with Thanksgiving, Hanukah, Christmas...

January 1st, 2014

“Problem-Solving Therapy: A Treatment Manual”

By James K Luiselli EdD ABPP BCBA-D

“Problem-Solving Therapy: A Treatment Manual”

By Arthur M. Nezu, Christine Maguth Nezu, and Thomas J. D’Zurilla

Springer Publishing Company

New York,...

December 1st, 2013

Beyond the black box

By Susan Gonsalves

Benefits of early intervention highlighted

It’s time for everyone embedded in the behavioral health world to “move out of the treatment black box,” develop a...

December 1st, 2013

Outpatient treatment legislation revisited

By Phyllis Hanlon

On October 22, the Joint Committee on Mental Health and Substance Abuse in Massachusetts held a public hearing on House Bill 1792/Senate Bill 906, which calls for assisted...

December 1st, 2013

The Kennedy forum

By Phyllis Hanlon

Uniting the community of mental health

To mark the 50th anniversary of the Community Mental Health Act of 1963, signed by President John F. Kennedy, former Congressman...

December 1st, 2013

Union open to psychologists, other clinicians

By Pamela Berard

The newly formed CliniciansUNITED, an associate membership of Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 509 in Massachusetts, is seeking to influence public policy and...

December 1st, 2013

VT mental health agencies to be audited

By Catherine Robertson Souter

While they are not suspected of any wrongdoing or failures, the mental health agencies of the state of Vermont will be under the microscope in the coming months. In September,...

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