Library of Publications

Middlesex County Restoration Center Commission Year Three Findings and Recommendations

April 13, 2021

Middlesex County Restoration Center Commission

This Year Three report of the Middlesex County Restoration Center Commission provides a plan for accomplishing the task of piloting a Restoration Center in Middlesex County and legislative recommendations for Year Four of the Commission.

MAMH FY22 Budget Priorities

April 12, 2021

MAMH

MAMH's FY22 budget priorities.

COVID-19 Q & A

April 9, 2021

Center for Public Representation

This Q-and-A and resource list supports people in making an informed decision about whether to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.

3 Realms of ACEs

April 6, 2021

Building Community Resilience Collaborative & Networks

The three realms of Adverse Childhood Experiences include household trauma, community trauma, and environmental trauma.

MAMH FY22 Budget Letter to House Ways & Means Committee

March 30, 2021

MAMH

This March 29,2021 letter to leaders of the MA House Ways & Means Committee outlines MAMH's FY22 budget priorities.

Mind the Workplace 2021

March 16, 2021

Mental Health America

This report analyzes survey data from more than 5,000 workers who responded to Mental Health America's online survey.

Testimony regarding Behavioral Health Care in Correctional Settings

March 9, 2021

Danna Mauch

People with behavioral health conditions are disproportionately represented in Massachusetts jails and prisons. This March 5, 2021 letter to the Corrections Funding Commission highlights MAMH priorities for mental health services in corrections.

Social Security Disability Insurance and Retirement Benefits

March 2, 2021

Stacy Cloyd, Stacy Cloyd, National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives

This practice tip from the National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives provides an overview of Social Security benefits for retirees and early retirees.

Population vs Individual Prediction of Poor Health From Results of Adverse Childhood Experiences Screening

February 1, 2021

Jessie Baldwin, Avshalom Caspi, et al.

New research confirms that the ACE questionnaire helps to identify population-level risk but is not accurate in determining whether a particular individual will develop health problems later in life.

Paul Summergrad, MD, on the State of Psychiatry

January 31, 2021

Awais Aftab and Paul Summergrad

The January 2021 issue of Current Psychiatry features an interview with MAMH Board member and former American Psychiatric Association president Paul Summergrad.

Guide for Sharing Lived Experience

January 19, 2021

PsychHub (Emily St. Amant and Abigail Asper)

This guide, developed by PsychHub, provides insights for the sharing of lived experience as a mean to address to trauma and combat its stigma.

Bill Summary: Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2021

January 6, 2021

MAMH

This 1-page fact sheet provides a summary of key behavioral health funding included in pandemic relief legislation signed into law on December 27, 2020.