Leading Stories
Work ‘addiction’ on the rise?
By Ami Albernaz
We all know someone we could classify as a workaholic – maybe that person works 70-hour weeks or never seems to take a vacation. Now, the topic of work addiction –...
Study: Are insomnia medications effective for children?
By Ami Albernaz
Despite uncertainty about the safety and efficacy of insomnia medication for children, a new survey finds that child psychiatrists endorse using medication in at least...
Talk therapy on the decline, study says
By Pamela Berard
Talk therapy is on the decline, while more Americans with mental health conditions are being treated with drugs alone, according to a new study.
The results, reported in...
Introspection, respect, heals youth drug addiction at CASTLE
By Jennifer E Chase
Self respect, and the respect we elicit from family and peers, is often the common missing denominator among kids who use drugs to salve pain. A program in Brockton, Mass.,...
Learn to Cope becomes addiction‘school’ for parents
By Jennifer E Chase
She’ll probably downplay the whole thing by saying it started by accident. She’ll probably tell you that the majority of the site is written by her only because she...
Early detection equals improved outcomes even for psychosis
By Nan Shnitzler
At Massachusetts General Hospital’s First-Episode and Early Psychosis Program (FEPP), they like to say, forget what you know about schizophrenia.
“People...
Report shows that older adults are abusing drugs
By Catherine Robertson Souter
Drug addiction is often thought to be the scourge of the young. A new report, however, shows that substance abuse is becoming a greater concern among Americans over 50 years...
Cough medicines to stay available
By Nan Shnitzler
A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel voted 15 to nine to continue to allow cough medicines containing dextromethorphan (DXM) to be sold over the counter despite...
Q&A: Spotlight shines on investigative psychology
By Catherine Robertson Souter
A brutal murder. An overwhelmed and understaffed police force. A vicious killer that no one can pinpoint. No one, that is, until the investigative psychologist comes on board....
Ambushed by insight
By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.
Metaphors abound in everyday speech but psychologists use them mindfully, most often to clarify something that we think is important for our audience to remember. We like to...