Articles, Leading Stories
The many shades of grief: Symptoms and treatments run the gamut
By Phyllis Hanlon
Life’s greatest pleasures can sometimes cause the greatest pain: a job loss because of company downsizing, a miscarriage after years of trying to have a baby, the death of a...
Psychiatric patients face lengthy ED waits
By Pamela Berard
Psychiatric patients who visit an Emergency Department (ED) may face a lengthy wait.
A recent study of 1,092 patients seeking psychiatric help at five Boston-area...
VA adding 1,900 mental health staff
By Janine Weisman
Increasing demand for mental health services has the Department of Veterans Affairs looking to add 1,900 new positions to its mental health workforce as part of an ongoing...
Vermont decreasing use of restraints during transport
By Pamela Berard
The state of Vermont is renewing efforts to decrease the use of restraints on mentally ill residents who are involuntarily put in state care.
State law – passed in...
Commission to re-visit needs of veterans
By Catherine Robertson Souter
The growing incidence of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in veterans has received a large amount of press in recent years. Still,...
Policy changes affect isolation for prisoners with mental illness
By Phyllis Hanlon
On March 12, 2012, after a five-year legal battle, the Disability Law Center, Inc. (DLC) in Massachusetts earned a victory for inmates with mental illness who face long-term...
R.I. grant will grow jobs for people with behavior, abuse disorders
By Jennifer E Chase
Rhode Island has received $103,000 from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to help improve the Ocean State’s jobs forecast for people with...
Connecticut’s suicide increase tied to bad economy
By Janine Weisman
Is the bad economy to blame for a significant rise in Connecticut’s suicides documented this past spring by the state’s chief medical examiner?
Experts suggest such...
Special needs camps put fun back in summer
By Jennifer E Chase
Summertime is supposed to be fun; but for kids with medical, learning or mental health problems clouding their days, the same issues they fight during the school year – low...
New divisions proposed for APA
By Phyllis Hanlon
The American Psychological Association (APA) currently has 54 divisions that cover a wide spectrum of psychological areas. That may change, however, if the Council of...