Articles, Leading Stories

May 1st, 2016

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...

May 1st, 2016

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...

May 1st, 2016

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...

May 1st, 2016

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...

May 1st, 2016

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...

May 1st, 2016

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...

May 1st, 2016

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...

May 1st, 2016

“Riverview Hospital for Children and Youth: A Culture of Promise”

By James K Luiselli EdD ABPP BCBA-D

“Riverview Hospital for Children and Youth: A Culture of Promise”

Richard J. Wiseman

Wesleyan University Press

Middletown, Conn.,...

May 1st, 2016

“Forgiveness and Spirituality in Psychotherapy: A Relational Approach”

By Kerry Morrison, Psy.D

 

“Forgiveness and Spirituality in Psychotherapy: A Relational Approach”

By Everett L. Worthington, Jr. and Steven J. Sandage

American...

May 1st, 2016

Pruning our lives

By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.

It is a warm Friday morning in April and my wife is out to an estate sale. If she sees anything interesting, she will buy it or, if it is something big or expensive, she will...