July 1st, 2013
By Edward Stern J.D.
It appears to be time for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to raise the age for juvenile court jurisdiction to 18 to become compatible with federal juvenile law and other...
July 1st, 2013
By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.
There is nothing like a graduation to remind us of the choices that shape our lives, the ones we have already made and the ones yet to come. This morning as I sit in a...
June 1st, 2013
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
