May 1st, 2015
By Janine Weisman
Every Monday morning, Randall Aamot, M.S., a Ph.D. candidate in counseling psychology at Northeastern University, walks into a group therapy room without any agenda, worksheets...
May 1st, 2015
By Janine Weisman
The National Institutes of Health allocates an average of $304 million annually for research on hypertension, which kills 56,000 Americans each year.
But the amount of...
May 1st, 2015
By Howard Newman
Based on the previous success of a similar program and the inspiration of a former patient, McLean Hospital is opening a new center for drug and alcohol addiction treatment in...
May 1st, 2015
By Pamela Berard
A new report in Connecticut calls for a state-wide system to ensure a range of professionals who work with infants and their families receive training in infant mental...
May 1st, 2015
By Rivkela Brodsky
A mental health residential treatment program with nine sites in Massachusetts closed its doors last fall – but one of its sites lives on.
One of the Wild Acre Inns,...
May 1st, 2015
By Susan Gonsalves
Hampstead Hospital’s new intensive outpatient program launched in March is designed to provide comprehensive support to adolescents and decrease the need for...
May 1st, 2015
By Phyllis Hanlon
The National Eating Disorders Association reports that 20 million women and 10 million men in the United States suffer from an eating disorder, including anorexia nervosa,...
May 1st, 2015
By Catherine Robertson Souter
David Matteodo is executive director of the Massachusetts Association of Behavioral Health Systems (MABHS). A non-profit trade organization that represents the interests of 44...
May 1st, 2015
By James K Luiselli EdD ABPP BCBA-D
“Perfectionism: A Guide for Mental Health Professionals”
By Michael Brustein
Springer Publishing Company, LLC
New York, N.Y.,...
May 1st, 2015
By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.
Flannery O’Connor has a powerful short story entitled, “The Displaced Person,” where she describes the impact of the arrival of a refugee family on a small Southern farm....
