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Frank & ChatGPT: My digital therapists then & now
By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.
Thirty years ago in my first year of writing this column, I described my encounter with Frank, a self-styled computerized therapist who lived on a floppy disk that I bought in...
CT bill aims to improve access to children’s services
By Andrew Cromarty
Children’s mental health will remain a top priority for Connecticut lawmakers this session. The...
Libraries offer books and mental health resources
By Phyllis Hanlon
The Public Libraries in the United States Survey: Fiscal Year 2012 (the most recent available) reports that 1.5 billion people visited the library in person and more than 92.6...
Study: Checking social media shows possible connection with brain chemistry changes
By Andrew Cromarty
A recent study has identified a possible connection between social media use and changes in brain chemistry in adolescents. Results of the study suggest that frequently...
The burden of positive thinking
By Ellen Anderson, Ph.D
February was “Red Dress Month,” a campaign from the American Heart Association to promote awareness...
Headway made, challenges continue in Mass. ER boarding crisis
By Christina P. O'Neill
Despite the passage of a state law in 2021 to address the psychiatric patient ‘boarding’ problem in...
Baker administration’s ‘roadmap’ seeing some benefits
By Danielle Ray
More than two dozen mental health services centers across the state have been designated Community...
How to walk in the dark
By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.
“You don’t need to know a whole book in order to write the first page. You need only the desire to create something that will say what you feel needs to be said,...
NH hospitals seek court redress for boarding of psych involuntary emergency admits
By Christina P. O'Neill
On January 10, 15 not-for-profit acute-care New Hampshire hospitals filed a motion for summary judgment in Merrimack County Superior Court against the state’s Department of...