Articles, Leading Stories

April 2nd, 2023

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...

March 5th, 2023

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...

March 4th, 2023

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...

March 4th, 2023

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...

March 3rd, 2023

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,...

March 3rd, 2023

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...

February 5th, 2023

Mass. DOC, DOJ reach agreement on mental health reform

By Christina P. O'Neill

Massachusetts prisoners with behavioral health problems will receive heightened levels of care while in...

February 5th, 2023

Maine seeks waiver for mental disease exclusion

By Andrew Cromarty

Sen. Joe Baldacci, (D-Bangor) is proposing a bill that would force the Maine Department of Health and Human Services to apply for a federal waiver to provide funds for mental...

February 4th, 2023

CT deemed too restrictive on patients seeking gender-affirming surgery

By Eileen Weber

Based on a 2022 study from the Williams Institute at UCLA, more than 1.6 million people in the U.S. over...