Articles, Leading Stories
Practitioner safety: more training needed
By Phyllis Hanlon
Approximately three years after getting licensed, C. Avila Wright, Ph.D., worked in an inpatient setting where she was assaulted by a patient. With limited training in...
Demand grows for inpatient ASD and ID programs
By Janine Weisman
Half the beds in a new eight-bed inpatient unit heralded as Connecticut’s first specialized psychiatric unit for children with autism and developmental disorders were still...
Vermont examining its residential facility needs
By Pamela Berard
A report recently presented to the Vermont state legislature outlines preliminary recommendations related to the development of a new secure residential facility to address the...
TaraVista Behavioral Health Center to open in Devens, Mass.
By Catherine Robertson Souter
In a move that should ease the overburdening of inpatient beds across the state, central Massachusetts will soon see the opening of a new 108-bed mental health facility. Health...
Bournewood to debut partial hospital program
By Pamela Berard
Bournewood Hospital, a 90-bed, full-service independent privately-owned psychiatric facility in Brookline, Mass., in May will debut a new Mental Health Partial Hospital...
Brattleboro Retreat seeks state funding for new adolescent unit
By Phyllis Hanlon
When the Brattleboro Retreat was founded in 1834 with a $10,000 bequest from Anna Marsh, the facility served, and continues to serve, a range of patients from children and...
Report examines health indicators on county basis
By Rivkela Brodsky
There is something like a chicken-or-the-egg dilemma coming out of a new county-level analysis of U.S. licensed psychologists done by the American Psychological Association’s...
Spring Harbor Hospital to re-open 12 bed unit
By Rivkela Brodsky
Maine’s Spring Harbor Hospital will be able to reopen a previously closed unit of 12 psychiatric beds by the end of September thanks to a good chunk of funding from the...
Monks’ visit has impact at Silver Hill Hospital
By Catherine Robertson Souter
Silver Hill Hospital in New Canaan, Conn., works with a variety of clients – those with severe mental illness and addiction as well as clients dealing with chronic pain or...
Couple adjusts to rural life, career opportunities
By Catherine Robertson Souter
As any realtor will tell you, it’s all about location. For one married psychologist couple just finishing their post-doctoral training in Boston and making decisions about...