Articles, Leading Stories
Task force explores mental health reporting for gun checks
By Janine Weisman
The gun violence prevention advocacy group Mayors Against Illegal Guns calls Rhode Island a “worst performing state” for its failure to share mental health records with the...
Impact of marathon bombing on veterans is investigated
By Rivkela Brodsky
The Boston Marathon bombing in April provided researchers at the National Center for PTSD at VA Boston Healthcare System and Boston University a rare opportunity to look at the...
Prison’s mental health unit is expanded in Maine
By Catherine Robertson Souter
A prison-based mental health unit in Maine’s state correctional facility in Warren will see a 16-person staff expansion as part of the state’s plan to address serious...
States make progress reducing nursing home antipsychotics use
By Janine Weisman
Rhode Island leads the region with the lowest use of antipsychotic medications among long-term nursing home patients with dementia, according to the latest data from Nursing...
Massive survey studies children’s behavior
By Howard Newman
A recently concluded study by Brown University School of Medicine, the Children’s National Medical Center and the New England Center for Pediatric Psychology is unique in...
Anxiety patients get treated via primary care
By Rivkela Brodsky
Patients dealing with anxiety disorders in primary care appear to get treatment – although it sometimes takes years for it to happen – and this situation occurred less for...
Prescription drug deaths high in R.I.
By Catherine Robertson Souter
Along with the increase of prescription drug use in the U.S., the number of drug-related deaths has risen sharply across the country with some states seeing rates quadruple...
Program addresses co-occurring eating disorders and diabetes
By Phyllis Hanlon
The American Diabetes Association reports that research suggests eating disorders may be more common among women who also have diabetes than in those who do not. Until...
Departing MPA executive director reflects on tenure
By Catherine Robertson Souter
For the past two decades, the same face, the same name has been so linked with the Massachusetts Psychological Association, that it will be very strange when she is no longer...
At the turning of the year
By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.
A gentle rain is falling outside the upstairs window as I write these words at the turning of another year. The holiday season is upon us with Thanksgiving, Hanukah, Christmas...