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Library of Publications

The State of Mental Health in America 2021

October 20, 2020

Mental Health America

This chart book presents a collection of data providing a baseline for answering questions about how many people in America need and have access to mental health services.

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.

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.

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.

Section 8 Made Simple

June 9, 2020

Emily Cooper & Lisa Sloane, Technical Assistance Collaborative

This 2016 revision of Section 8 Made Simple focuses on how to help people with disabilities gain access to the Section 8 program.

Medicaid Supportive Housing Services Crosswalk

June 9, 2020

CSH (Corporation for Supportive Housing)

This 2017 Medicaid Supportive Housing Services Crosswalk examines the extent to which New Mexico’s Medicaid program aligns with supportive housing services for adults with significant housing and service needs.

Middlesex County Restoration Center Commission Year Two Findings and Recommendations

May 21, 2020

Middlesex County Restoration Center Commission

This Year Two report of the Middlesex County Restoration Center Commission submits findings from a planning process to design a restoration center in Middlesex County.

Coronavirus Pandemic in the EU - Fundamental Rights Implications

April 17, 2020

European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights

The wide-ranging measures EU member governments put in place to control the spread of COVID-19 changed daily life in ways that were unthinkable at the start of 2020.

MAMH 2019 Annual Report

March 30, 2020

MAMH

MAMH's 2019 Annual Report summarizes key ways in which MAMH meets its strategic goals: 1) advocate; 2) disseminate knowledge and educate policymakers; and 3) ensure access to effective services.