Articles, Leading Stories
CHA rescinds cuts to children’s services
By Howard Newman
The current level of psychiatric inpatient youth services at the Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) will survive for another year, at least, but the organization’s struggles to...
Law establishes ‘best practices’ plan
By Rivkela Brodsky
A new law passed in Connecticut aims to establish a ‘best practices’ plan when it comes to treating the mental, emotional and behavioral health of children in the...
Exercise program geared toward treatment reluctant veterans
By Susan Gonsalves
The Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital in Bedford, Mass. (Bedford VAMC) will offer an exercise program designed to engage and motivate veterans who shun traditional...
New Vermont collaboration integrates care management
By Jo Kadlecek
It used to be that someone with a heart condition needed a different health care provider if they also struggled with clinical depression.
A new collaboration in Vermont...
Reimbursement, client eligibility issues cause confusion
By Phyllis Hanlon
Issues regarding reimbursement have long plagued psychologists. Recently, some Massachusetts providers have become frustrated over the complex rules regarding “crossover”...
Study highlights prevalence of children with mental disorders
By Janine Weisman
Up to one in five U.S. children experience a mental disorder, finds a new U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report reviewing various federal efforts tracking...
New commissioner puts focus on system transformation
By Catherine Robertson Souter
Since 2011, after Tropical Storm Irene closed the Vermont State Hospital, the state’s mental health care system has undergone a massive re-structuring. The administration of...
Postpartum depression studied in ‘invisible sexual minority’ women
By Catherine Robertson Souter
The average rate of postpartum depression in women in this country is around 13 percent. But, while studies have shown how postpartum depression or PPD, affects women from a...
Genetics & counseling: a sensible approach
By Phyllis Hanlon
Angelina Jolie’s surprise announcement of her prophylactic mastectomy and hysterectomy has shined a spotlight on genetic testing. Like this celebrity, more people with family...
Butler to open new Patient Care Center
By Janine Weisman
Rhode Island’s largest psychiatric hospital will add 26 new adult inpatient beds to its capacity with the scheduled October 1 opening of a new 49,000 square-foot Patient Care...