January 1st, 2015
By Howard Newman
Sixteen nonprofits, government agencies and other organizations in the greater Burlington, Vt., area have joined to try a different approach to combating...
January 1st, 2015
By Pamela Berard
As 2014 came to a close, interviewing for a new executive director of the Massachusetts Psychological Association was underway.
Operations Manager Pamela Goodspeed, who...
January 1st, 2015
By Phyllis Hanlon
On Oct. 1, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) conducted a follow-up visit to the Brattleboro Retreat after previous inspections in June and August revealed...
January 1st, 2015
By Rivkela Brodsky
As more states move toward legalizing the use of medical marijuana, the timing is right for researchers to start examining the impact of the substance on the...
January 1st, 2015
By Catherine Robertson Souter
From Beethoven to Vincent Van Gogh to Sylvia Plath, the path to creative greatness is strewn with men and women who are said to have suffered from mental health disorders. At...
January 1st, 2015
By Paul Efthim PhD
“The Ethics of Private Practice: A Practical Guide for Mental Health Clinicians”
By Jeffrey E. Barnett, Jeffrey Zimmerman & Steven Walfish
Oxford...
January 1st, 2015
By James K Luiselli EdD ABPP BCBA-D
“Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Clinical Guide for General Practitioners”
By V. Mark Durand
American Psychological Association
Washington, D.C.,...
January 1st, 2015
By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.
It was time for her annual review and she had been transferred only recently to my unit. A year in the hospital and this was the first time we would be talking together. The...
December 1st, 2014
By Phyllis Hanlon
Government officials attired in hazmat suits; dead bodies under blankets; hospital personnel wearing facemasks, gowns and head coverings – images like these have flashed...
December 1st, 2014
By Janine Weisman
A 55-year-old patient with high cholesterol, high blood pressure and chronic depression potentially may have three entities overseeing his health care – his...
