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The burden of positive thinking
By Ellen Anderson, Ph.D
February was “Red Dress Month,” a campaign from the American Heart Association to promote awareness of heart disease in women. Much like the “pink ribbon” campaign for...
Headway made, challenges continue in Mass. ER boarding crisis
By Christina P. O'Neill
Despite the passage of a state law in 2021 to address the psychiatric patient ‘boarding’ problem in the state’s hospital emergency rooms, some patients wait more than a...
Baker administration’s ‘roadmap’ seeing some benefits
By Danielle Ray
More than two dozen mental health services centers across the state have been designated Community Behavioral Health Centers (CBHC) as part of former governor Charlie Baker’s...
CT deemed too restrictive on patients seeking gender-affirming surgery
By Eileen Weber
Based on a 2022 study from the Williams Institute at UCLA, more than 1.6 million people in the U.S. over the age of 13 identify as transgender. Transgender individuals may feel...
Report outlines ways to expand, diversify Massachusetts’ workforce
By Susan Gonsalves
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts engaged Manatt Health to create a report that identifies ways to maintain, expand, and increase diversity in Massachusetts’ behavioral...
Proposed legislation allows for student mental health sick days
By Danielle Ray
Legislators in Massachusetts are following the lead of other New England states in trying to get a bill passed to provide mental health sick days for public school students.
The potential dangers of `career creep’
By Ellen Anderson, Ph.D
My younger colleague regards me with confusion. She is responding to my observation that she seems overwhelmed. “I don’t want to say no and risk limiting my opportunities...
Study shows increase in admissions, Emergency Department (ED) visits among children, adolescents
By Susan Gonsalves
According to research by Clarify Health Institute, mental health inpatient admissions for children and adolescents spiked 61 percent and emergency room visits increased by 21...