December 1st, 2013
By Pamela Berard
The state of Maine stopped MaineCare payments to two behavioral health service agencies pending investigation of fraud allegations and is helping approximately 500 affected...
December 1st, 2013
By Rivkela Brodsky
Prompted by the Sept. 16 shooting at the Washington Navy Yard that left 12 dead, as well as the shooter, Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) urged for the passage of stand-alone mental...
December 1st, 2013
By Howard Newman
In 2009, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, President Obama’s economic stimulus plan, provided nearly $20 billion in incentive funding for health information...
December 1st, 2013
By Rivkela Brodsky
Ever since Tropical Storm Irene hit in 2011 and the Vermont State Hospital was destroyed, the state has been in the process of revising its mental health rules.
The...
December 1st, 2013
By Catherine Robertson Souter
We may be focusing on the wrong areas when it comes to the public discourse on gun violence. But coming to a consensus on what are the key points can be difficult in a...
December 1st, 2013
By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.
It’s not every day I get a chance to attend a world premiere, so when my neighbor Joe sent me the invitation, I promptly accepted. Never mind that it wasn’t exactly...
December 1st, 2013
By Paul Efthim PhD
“Listening with Purpose: Entry Points into Shame and Narcissistic Vulnerability”
By Jack Danielian and Patricia Gianotti
Rowman & Littlefield Publishing...
November 1st, 2013
By Phyllis Hanlon
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that more than one-third of children and adolescents in the United States are considered overweight or obese, a...
November 1st, 2013
By Pamela Berard
Open enrollment for state health insurance exchanges mandated under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) kicked off October 1 and psychologists are preparing for its...
November 1st, 2013
By Catherine Robertson Souter
The numbers are staggering. By some estimates, a full one-third of veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan over the past decade have come home as the “walking wounded.”...
