Articles, Leading Stories
Treatment varies for sexual offenders
By Phyllis Hanlon
Clinicians who treat sexual offenders tailor treatment to the offense.
Throughout her career Susan Rudman, Ph.D., Northern Regional representative for the Massachusetts...
Anti-clawback bill makes progress in legislature
By Janine Weisman
A proposed six-month limit on the ability of insurance companies to retroactively deny claims for mental health and substance abuse services has advanced in the Massachusetts...
‘Weinstein effect’ comes to campus
By Janine Weisman
He was once one of the most powerful men in Hollywood. Then allegations of decades of sexual assault and harassment dethroned film producer Harvey Weinstein last fall, rocking...
Minors can be treated without permission
By Pamela Berard
Vermont minors can now consent to receive outpatient treatment from a mental health professional without the consent of a parent or legal guardian.
Newly enacted...
Harrington Health Care System to open behavioral health clinic in CT
By Phyllis Hanlon
Harrington Health Care System, based in Southbridge, Mass., has recently been extending its reach, particularly in the area of behavioral health services.
Early in 2018,...
Grant to track prison-based treatment program
By Catherine Robertson Souter
As the country continues to deal with an on-going battle against drug addiction and overdose fatalities, the National Institutes of Health has announced the funding of a study...
N.H. seeks funding for opioid crisis
By Catherine Robertson Souter
New Hampshire needs help. That is the message put out by US Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) in a recent release decrying the Trump administration’s...
Grant to enhance rural services
By Phyllis Hanlon
Clinical & Support Options (CSO), a comprehensive behavioral health agency that serves residents in western Massachusetts, recently received a federal grant that provides...
Emergency Department visits for behavioral care on the rise
By Pamela Berard
The number of Massachusetts patients seeking Emergency Department (ED) care for behavioral health conditions increased, as did the proportion of those patients who boarded and...
Future of Nation is top stressor
By Susan Gonsalves
The future of the country is the largest source of stress according to a report from the American Psychological Association.
The APA released the results of its annual...