May 1st, 2017
By Susan Gonsalves
The idea of using tablet devices as an intervention for older adults, including those with severe dementia, was partially born at a restaurant dinner table,...
May 1st, 2017
By Phyllis Hanlon
Researchers at the University of Vermont (UVM) have found a correlation between emotional abuse endured during childhood with future opioid use as an...
May 1st, 2017
By Catherine Robertson Souter
When he came on board at the Austen Riggs Center, a psychiatric hospital and residential treatment program in Stockbridge, Mass., as medical director and CEO...
May 1st, 2017
By James K Luiselli EdD ABPP BCBA-D
“Practical Psychology in Medical Rehabilitation”
Edited by Maggi A. Budd, Sigmund Hough, Stephen T. Wegener, and William Stiers
Springer International...
May 1st, 2017
By Kerry Morrison, Psy.D
“Trauma, Meaning and Spirituality: Translating Research into Clinical...
May 1st, 2017
By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.
Since I retired nearly two years ago, I have been finding more opportunities to work from home and not just in the way the term is usually meant. Unless you see...
April 1st, 2017
By Phyllis Hanlon
In the 1930s, approximately 40 percent of all patient encounters happened in the home, according to the American Academy of Family Physicians. By 1950, that...
April 1st, 2017
By Janine Weisman
The state of Maine is seeking federal permission to limit the eligibility of “able bodied” adults for Medicaid benefits to five years among other...
April 1st, 2017
By Pamela Berard
Under proposed Connecticut legislation, a task force will study voluntary admissions to the Department of Children and Families and determine whether general...
April 1st, 2017
By Pamela Berard
The Massachusetts Psychological Association (MPA) strongly condemned President Trump’s executive orders related to refugees, immigrants and other visitors to...