May 1st, 2013
By Rivkela Brodsky
With a sick child, it’s not always only a medical issue that needs professional attention. Often, there are concurrent psychological issues that warrant...
May 1st, 2013
By Jo Kadlecek
Though a new study links five mental disorders to a common gene, it’s too early to tell whether it could affect how practitioners care for patients.
Usually viewed as...
May 1st, 2013
By Greg Hitchcock
A telemedicine program to help serve people with mental illness was launched on a remote island 13 miles off the coast of Rhode Island.
Stephen Hollaway, pastor of...
May 1st, 2013
By Catherine Robertson Souter
Given the relatively short amount of time we have on this planet, how do we choose to spend that time? For some, a single cause or subject matter takes center stage. For...
May 1st, 2013
By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.
Funny things can happen on the way to anywhere and if your life is anything like mine, it’s important not to miss them when they do. It is raining hard in the morning on my...
May 1st, 2013
By James K Luiselli EdD ABPP BCBA-D
“Making Evidence-Based Psychological Treatments Work With Older Adults”
Edited by Forrest Scogin and Avani Shah
American Psychological...
April 1st, 2013
By Phyllis Hanlon
In the mid-1980s when psychologist Roger Callahan, Ph.D., and psychiatrist John Diamond, M.D., formulated the foundations for energy psychology, few mental health professionals...
April 1st, 2013
By Pamela Berard
Psychologists are preparing for major changes in the fifth edition of the “Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders” (DSM-5), to be published in...
April 1st, 2013
By Janine Weisman
When patients initiate text messaging with Leslie A. Feil, Ph.D., she won’t text back on clinical issues but responds with a phone call instead. The Rhode Island...
April 1st, 2013
By Susan Gonsalves
Part of a young person’s development involves separation from parents and becoming independent. A bill introduced to Congress late last year would disrupt that natural order...
