Articles, Leading Stories

July 1st, 2014

Crisis Intervention Teams: Partnering police and practitioners

By Phyllis Hanlon

Fourteen years ago, Louise C. Pyers, M.S., B.C.E.T.S., founder and executive director of CABLE, Inc. (Connecticut Alliance to Benefit Law Enforcement), published an article on...

July 1st, 2014

Maine leads region in continuing care planning; Mass. at bottom

By Janine Weisman

New federal quality measures data show 41 percent of psychiatric patients hospitalized in Massachusetts were discharged without a plan summarizing their diagnosis, treatment,...

July 1st, 2014

Vermont bill would change involuntary treatment laws

By Rivkela Brodsky

A bill sitting on Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin’s desk will change the state’s involuntary treatment and medication laws for psychiatric care.

The state currently...

July 1st, 2014

R.I. tries to address overdose deaths

By Pamela Berard

In response to a rise in drug overdose deaths in Rhode Island and nationwide, Rhode Island Governor Lincoln D. Chafee in April outlined a series of ongoing actions and...

July 1st, 2014

Organizational psychology cited as ‘fast growing’ job

By Pamela Berard

Tina D. Forrister, MA, was enrolled in a clinical psychology master’s degree program when she decided on a different path.

“I realized two years in that it wasn’t...

July 1st, 2014

Initiatives receive $8 million in grants

By Pamela Berard

Twenty-two Massachusetts mental health initiatives received a total of $8 million in grants through funds recovered by the Attorney General’s Office through a settlement with...

July 1st, 2014

Collaborative seeks to overhaul system

By Howard Newman

The overarching goal of the New Hampshire Children’s Behavioral Health Collaborative is to completely overhaul the way services are delivered to children.

“We’re...

July 1st, 2014

Study: Young children benefit from CBT

By Susan Gonsalves

Children ages five to eight with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) can benefit from family-based cognitive behavioral therapy, according to a study from the Bradley Hasbro...

July 1st, 2014

Yale psychologists launch Mood Meter App

By Janine Weisman

The room you’re working in is too warm. You can’t focus on your project because of repeated interruptions. And you have no idea what you’re going to do for...

July 1st, 2014

Task forces address hoarding

By Rivkela Brodsky

Task forces to address hoarding in communities are piling up around the nation.

So says hoarding expert Randy Frost, Ph.D., professor of psychology at Smith College in...

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