November 1st, 2012
By James K Luiselli EdD ABPP BCBA-D
“Billing and Collecting for Your Mental Health Practice: Effective Strategies and Ethical Practice”
By Jeffrey E. Barnett and Steven Walfish
American...
November 1st, 2012
By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.
On the first Tuesday in October 2012, 130 people being treated for mental illness quietly slipped away from Worcester State Hospital. They were preceded by more than three...
October 1st, 2012
By Phyllis Hanlon
In the last 15 years, research into attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has shed more light on this complicated diagnosis, reaffirming some concepts and dispelling...
October 1st, 2012
By Pamela Berard
In the aftermath of the Aurora, Colorado, movie theater shootings, the issue of students and mental health is again in the spotlight.
Kristine Bertini, Psy.D., senior...
October 1st, 2012
By Janine Weisman
Blame a little something called the Tenth Amendment.
The U.S. Constitution guarantees states rights. That means individual states get to determine who may practice...
October 1st, 2012
By Phyllis Hanlon
This past July, the N.H. Psychological Association (NHPA) made history with the passage of House Bill 1508, creating an independent board for psychologists. Previously, Granite...
October 1st, 2012
By Phyllis Hanlon
Determining the reasons insurers deny coverage of services can be a time-consuming, resource-draining task. But thanks to the combined advocacy efforts of the Massachusetts...
October 1st, 2012
By Jennifer E Chase
Spurwink is a cute name for a serious, nationally recognized agency that for 50 years has provided mental health and educational services to New England children, adolescents,...
October 1st, 2012
By Catherine Robertson Souter
New England is a good place to be a kid these days…or at least the best in the nation, although that is not exactly the same thing.
In the 2012 “Kids Count Data...
October 1st, 2012
By Catherine Robertson Souter
Most violent crimes are committed by men. This is true across the world and throughout history. The US Bureau of Justice Statistics puts the figure at 78 percent in 2008. Other...
