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Library of Publications

Defining “Peer Support”: Implications for Policy, Practice, and Research

October 11, 2020

Darby Penney

This 2018 article reviews recent literature on peer support among people with psychiatric diagnoses in the United States.

Mental Health Peer Support Workforce Designline

October 11, 2020

Jessica Wolf and Waymon Harrold (SAMHSA Mental Health Technology Transfer Center)

This graphic design timeline aims to increase awareness of the rich history, context, and challenges of the mental health peer support workforce.

Department of Mental Health Rental Subsidy Program Advocacy Coalition Letter

October 8, 2020

MAMH and coalition partners

This Oct. 8 letter to the MA Legislature in collaboration with partner organizations emphasizes the importance of adequately funding the Department of Mental Health Rental Subsidy Program.

Disability, Ethics, and Health Care in the COVID-19 Pandemic

September 1, 2020

Maya Sabatello, Teresa Blankmeyer Burke, Katherine E. McDonald, and Paul S. Appelbaum

This article considers key ethical, legal, and medical dilemmas arising for people with disabilities in the COVID-19 pandemic.

MAMH Legislative Priorities 2019-2020

August 18, 2020

MAMH

This one page summary describes MAMH's legislative priorities for the 2019-2020 legislative session.

America’s Children: Responding to the Crisis Now with the Future in Mind

July 28, 2020

Quianta Moore and Christopher Greeley

COVID-19 has accentuated many of the challenges that children, families and communities had been confronting, upsetting any balance that existed prior to the pandemic.

Testimony in support of preserving gains in telebehavioral health

July 22, 2020

MAMH

Letter dated July 16, 2020 to legislators urging continued access to telebehavioral health after the expiration of Governor Baker’s March 15, 2020 Order expanding access to telehealth services during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Telehealth for Families and Youth: What's Their Take?

June 29, 2020

Parent/Professional Advocacy League (PPAL)

This 2020 report summarizes responses from 202 families and 30 youth/young adults regarding the use of telehealth to deliver mental health services.

Next Steps for Addressing Childhood Trauma: Becoming a Trauma-Informed and Responsive Commonwealth

June 26, 2020

Childhood Trauma Task Force

This report summarizes findings and recommendations from the first year of work of the Childhood Trauma Task Force, which was established by the Legislature in 2018 to explore ways to better serve youth who have experienced trauma and are involved with juvenile justice.

Protecting our Children’s Well-Being During Covid-19: Recommendations for Supporting Children and Families Who Have Experienced Trauma and Stress During the Pandemic

June 26, 2020

Childhood Trauma Task Force

This report provides findings and recommendations resulting from the Child Trauma Task Force's research on post-disaster trauma and analysis of the Commonwealth’s capacity to meet children’s mental health needs during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Letter in Support of H.4531, An Act ensuring access to addiction services

June 19, 2020

Prisoners' Legal Services of Massachusetts

Letter dated June 18, 2020 to Joint Committee on Health Care Financing urging adoption of H.4531, which would end the incarceration of patients civilly committed for substance use treatment under Section 35.

Estimated COVID-19 Behavioral Health Outcomes: Research in Perspective to Inform Action to Mitigate Morbidity and Mortality

June 18, 2020

Danna Mauch, Catia Sharp (MAMH)

In this policy brief, MAMH projects that the recession we have entered because of COVID-19 social distancing efforts will increase deaths from suicide and overdose between 12 and 60 percent in Massachusetts.