Leading Stories

November 1st, 2010

Cough medicines to stay available

By Nan Shnitzler

A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel voted 15 to nine to continue to allow cough medicines containing dextromethorphan (DXM) to be sold over the counter despite...

November 1st, 2010

Q&A: Spotlight shines on investigative psychology

By Catherine Robertson Souter

A brutal murder. An overwhelmed and understaffed police force. A vicious killer that no one can pinpoint. No one, that is, until the investigative psychologist comes on board....

October 20th, 2010

Q&A: Human trafficking is focus of cross cultural work

By Catherine Robertson Souter

It shouldn’t happen but it does. Human trafficking is one crime that we imagine happens in the shadowy alleys or dirt poor towns of third world countries, where local...

October 1st, 2010

Fire-setting: an under-addressed issue

By Phyllis Hanlon

In 2008, 30,500 fires were set, resulting in 315 deaths and $866 million in loss, according to the United States Fire Administration (USFA). Even more alarming, Federal Bureau...

October 1st, 2010

Arts programs make inroads with DYS students

By Jennifer E Chase

The Mass. Department of Education holds youth who are serving time in juvenile detention centers to the same state-mandated compliance standards as their counterparts “on...

October 1st, 2010

In Practice: “Genuine Voices” heals as it teaches

By Jennifer E Chase

After the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, Berklee School of Music Senior Juri Ify Love chose a community service-based senior project that would change her life as much as those she...

October 1st, 2010

Special education and residential schools gradually disappearing

By Phyllis Hanlon

As states across the country continue to seek ways to reduce costs, services and programs relating to mental health issues often suffer the greatest cuts. In New England, the...

October 1st, 2010

New Hampshire wants new women’s prison

By Catherine Robertson Souter

As far back as 2004, a report by the New Hampshire Commission on the Status of Women detailed issues with the state’s services for female inmates including overcrowding...

October 1st, 2010

FDA warns maker of alternative autism treatment

By Nan Shnitzler

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration in June sent a warning letter to the maker of a product that was being used to treat symptoms of autism, the Chicago Tribune reported. The...

October 1st, 2010

Pre-schoolers display mental health issues

By Ami Albernaz

It’s well-known that social competence and behavior problems that are apparent when children are five or six are predictors of their later academic and social...

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