August 21st, 2010
By Paul Efthim PhD
Compelling work chronicles author’s loss
“In Her Wake: A Child Psychiatrist Explores the Mystery of Her Mother’s Suicide”
By Nancy...
August 21st, 2010
By Ami Albernaz
In an age in which most college students spend vast amounts of time online, screening for depression via e-mail might make sense as a simpler, more cost-effective alternative...
August 21st, 2010
By Catherine Robertson Souter
Many times, the people on the front lines of mental health care, those in recovery or currently being treated, can feel lost in the maze. From finding appropriate care to...
August 21st, 2010
By Pamela Berard
In May, Vermont State Hospital joined a growing number of psychiatric facilities to ban smoking from its grounds.
The trend is divisive in the field. Those in favor of...
August 21st, 2010
By Nan Shnitzler
Direct mental health effects of the Gulf oil spill appear to be scarce in New England, but that doesn’t mean there is no psychological impact.
On an individual...
August 21st, 2010
By Phyllis Hanlon
With degree in hand and passion in their hearts, many newly graduated psychologists seek to launch their own businesses. The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Occupational...
August 21st, 2010
By Ami Albernaz
As work continues on the newest edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), still three years away, one of the sections that might see the...
August 21st, 2010
By Catherine Robertson Souter
Have you gone to a store to get mustard and come home with three bags of groceries…but no mustard?
When we are lying on our death beds, how many of us will slap...
July 24th, 2010
By Edward Stern J.D.
The first of a two-part column.
When the justice and mental health systems believe that someone is a risk to himself/herself or a threat to others, the courts...
July 1st, 2010
By Phyllis Hanlon
In June 2008, the British Broadcasting System (BBC) published a story about two adolescents in Spain undergoing treatment at the Child and Youth Mental Health Centre near...
