Articles, Leading Stories
Changing times shape the real DSM-5
By Jennifer E Chase
Considered the bible of psychiatric disorders, practitioners know the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders is published by the American Psychiatric...
Petition concerns proposed manual changes
By Catherine Robertson Souter
First published in 1952, the “Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders” is used throughout the U.S. and in many places around the world, in the diagnosis of...
New AAP guidelines recommend collaboration
By Pamela Berard
New American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) guidelines recommend primary care physicians initiate an evaluation/treatment for ADHD for children ages four to 18 who present with...
Grant focuses on housing, health needs
By Janine Weisman
The Providence Center has received a $1.5 million federal grant to work with housing providers and homeless advocates to secure access to behavioral and primary health care...
Cap recommended on addiction treatment
By Pamela Berard
Maine state budget task force recommended a two-year MaineCare limit on Suboxone – a replacement drug used for the treatment of opiate addiction – as part of an effort to...
Program faced possible closure
By Phyllis Hanlon
On Nov. 1, Milestone Foundation, a detoxification program for alcoholics and substance abusers in Portland, Maine, faced possible closure because of perceived non-compliance...
Sleep habits at heart of psychologist’s work
By Catherine Robertson Souter
Ask anyone if they get enough sleep at night and most will say, “No way.” Then ask why not. Full schedules, demanding jobs, social media, television…it all gets in...
Compulsive shopping has repercussions
By Phyllis Hanlon
The Halloween decorations no sooner come down before retailers begin a full-blown campaign to lure consumers into the stores with cash, check or credit card in hand for special...
Mental illness contributes to huge economic burden
By Nan Shnitzler
Disease is typically described in human terms such as diagnosis, prevalence and mortality. But the World Economic Forum took a fiscal approach in a report released this past...
Deficit jeopardizes special education in E. Providence
By Nan Shnitzler
The city of East Providence, R.I., owes Bradley Hospital $4.5 million for in-district special education, a debt that has jeopardized the program and called attention to the...