Articles, Leading Stories

January 1st, 2014

Final parity rule issued

By Pamela Berard

The federal government in November issued a final rule of the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act, which spells out how the 2008...

January 1st, 2014

N.H. tables Medicaid expansion program

By Catherine Robertson Souter

After months of negotiations, New Hampshire’s legislature decided to table a proposal to accept the Affordable Care Act’s proposal for expanding Medicaid.

In a...

January 1st, 2014

Bill seeks to clarify training requirements

By Janine Weisman

Legislation seeking to broaden opportunities to complete post-doctoral psychology training in school settings in Massachusetts is expected to come before the full House of...

January 1st, 2014

Task force explores mental health reporting for gun checks

By Janine Weisman

The gun violence prevention advocacy group Mayors Against Illegal Guns calls Rhode Island a “worst performing state” for its failure to share mental health records with the...

January 1st, 2014

Impact of marathon bombing on veterans is investigated

By Rivkela Brodsky

The Boston Marathon bombing in April provided researchers at the National Center for PTSD at VA Boston Healthcare System and Boston University a rare opportunity to look at the...

January 1st, 2014

Prison’s mental health unit is expanded in Maine

By Catherine Robertson Souter

A prison-based mental health unit in Maine’s state correctional facility in Warren will see a 16-person staff expansion as part of the state’s plan to address serious...

January 1st, 2014

States make progress reducing nursing home antipsychotics use

By Janine Weisman

Rhode Island leads the region with the lowest use of antipsychotic medications among long-term nursing home patients with dementia, according to the latest data from Nursing...

January 1st, 2014

Massive survey studies children’s behavior

By Howard Newman

A recently concluded study by Brown University School of Medicine, the Children’s National Medical Center and the New England Center for Pediatric Psychology is unique in...

January 1st, 2014

Anxiety patients get treated via primary care

By Rivkela Brodsky

Patients dealing with anxiety disorders in primary care appear to get treatment – although it sometimes takes years for it to happen – and this situation occurred less for...

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...

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