Articles, Leading Stories
Involuntary shock therapy court-ordered for Connecticut man
By Eileen Weber
This past spring, a probate court ordered a 26-year-old man in Connecticut to undergo electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and involuntary medication at Yale New Haven...
Shifting cultural patterns challenge therapists who specialize in addiction
By Phyllis Hanlon
The Addiction Center reports that nearly 21 million Americans have at least one addiction; and drug overdose deaths...
APA calls on CMS to revise auditing practices after notices alarm psychologists
By Janine Weisman
The letters psychologists starting...
Mt. Ascutney Hospital adopts program to benefit families
By Margarita Tartakovsky, MS
Like the rest of the U.S., Vermont has been hit hard by the opioid crisis. Windsor County has seen a...
New Maine law requires a mental health evaluation to remove weapon
By Margarita Tartakovsky, MS
ME legislation seeks community-based mental health task force
By Eileen Weber
Mentally ill patients often end up in emergency rooms, homeless shelters, or even jails instead of getting much needed psychiatric care. Senator Cathy Breen (D- )
Psychologist focuses on reproductive, infertility issues
By Catherine Robertson Souter
The images are everywhere. The perfect little family, in a magazine article, on a sitcom, or peering out from every celebrity Twitter post. But for up to 15 percent of couples,...
Mass. Nurses Association wants say in dealing with problems at Worcester Recovery Center
By Janine Weisman