Articles, Leading Stories
Neurofeedback: a viable treatment for mental health issues?
By Phyllis Hanlon
The brain could be considered the communication center of the body, sending messages to every cell and keeping all systems running properly. But psychological or physical...
R.I. leaders collaborate to fix behavioral health system
By Janine Weisman
Nearly 10 percent of Rhode Island’s $8.7 billion state budget goes toward services addressing behavioral health conditions, from incarceration costs to child welfare...
Connecticut braces for budget cuts
By Pamela Berard
With a projected $500 million shortfall in the 2016-2017 Connecticut state budget and the General Assembly 2016 session underway, mental health advocates are rallying to...
Psychiatric patients still flood ERs
By Rivkela Brodsky
Four years after Tropical Storm Irene caused structural damage to the state’s psychiatric hospital, Vermont’s system of psychiatric care offers more beds for patients in...
Task force recommends depression screening for adults
By Susan Gonsalves
Adults, including pregnant and postpartum women, should be annually screened for depression, according to a recommendation by the U.S Preventive Services Task Force.
The...
Some Riverview patients could be placed in prison unit
By Pamela Berard
Certain Riverview Psychiatric Recovery Center patients determined not criminally responsible and incompetent to stand trial could be placed in the Intensive Mental Health Unit...
Acupuncture: alternative therapy for addiction
By Phyllis Hanlon
United States researchers are exploring the effectiveness of acupuncture as a treatment option for addiction.
Acupuncture, designed to restore balance in the body, has...
Brain imaging study looks at children at risk for depression
By Rivkela Brodsky
The brains of children at risk for depression are “substantially different” compared to the brains of children not at risk. That’s according to a new brain imaging study...
New Hampshire to launch Medicaid demonstration project
By Catherine Robertson Souter
New Hampshire recently received a federal Centers of Medicare and Medicaid waiver for $150 million to help transform the state’s behavioral health delivery system.
In...
Program helps siblings, parents of inpatient kids
By Susan Gonsalves
Siblings of children and adolescents undergoing inpatient psychiatric treatment are the “hidden casualties” of mental health issues. They are also at risk for developing...