Articles, Leading Stories

July 1st, 2013

MSPP’s Stanley Berman, Ph.D., excited about new position

By Catherine Robertson Souter

In recognition of the role he has played in helping the school to both grow and thrive during his tenure, the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology has named Stanley...

June 1st, 2013

Parity is topic of public forum

By Phyllis Hanlon

On April 3, the Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS) presented its 9th annual public health leadership forum titled “Mental Health: Achieving Parity in Principle and in...

June 1st, 2013

Green Mountain Care details prompt questions

By Catherine Robertson Souter

In May 2011, Vermont passed what appeared to be groundbreaking health care reform, going beyond the federally mandated changes that are beginning to take place across the...

June 1st, 2013

Proposals aim to keep guns from people with mental illness

By Janine Weisman

Massachusetts gun control proposals to close background check system gaps focus largely on preventing mass shootings like those in Newtown, Conn., and Aurora, Colo. They also...

June 1st, 2013

Coverage for neuropsychological testing is dwindling

By Catherine Robertson Souter

In a debate that has been brewing for the past few years, it seems that insurance companies have had the deciding word.

Three years ago, Russel A. Barkley, Ph.D., a...

June 1st, 2013

Global VA licensure beneficial for psychologists

By Phyllis Hanlon

The U.S. Census Bureau reports that the average American moves approximately 14 times in a lifetime. Organizational transfers, new job opportunities and a search for a more...

June 1st, 2013

Bill allows psychologists, physicians to have joint practice

By Pamela Berard

Proposed Connecticut legislation would allow psychologists to be in joint practice with physicians.

The Senate passed the bill in May and the House of Representatives...

June 1st, 2013

Bombing first responders: seeking counseling more “normative”

By Phyllis Hanlon

A couple of weeks following the Boston Marathon bombing, Amy E. Kahn, Psy.D., coordinator of the Western Mass. Trauma Recovery Network (TRN) in Northampton, joined a team of...

June 1st, 2013

Psychiatrist proposes psychocardiology subspecialty

By Susan Gonsalves

Despite four decades of research examining the link between heart disease and mental health conditions, Angelos Halaris, M.D., Ph.D., believes more must be done to raise...

June 1st, 2013

The Brattleboro Retreat addresses deficiencies

By Phyllis Hanlon

In response to a complaint, the Vermont Division of Licensing Protection completed a survey on Feb. 21, 2013 to determine if the Brattleboro Retreat met the Conditions of...

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