Library of Publications

A Consensus Approach and Recommendations for the Creation of a Comprehensive Crisis Response System

November 18, 2021

CEO Collaborative

MAMH joined 14 other mental health professional organizations, advocacy groups, and funders in releasing a consensus plan to guide implementation of 988, a new crisis hotline scheduled to go online nationwide in July 2022.

Suicide Prevention in Prisons: Ensuring Dignity and Constitutional Rights of Prisoners on Mental Health Watch

June 24, 2021

MAMH

This Fact Sheet provides an overview of MA legislation to rectify serious safety and constitutional concerns identified by the U.S. Department of Justice after an investigation of the MA Department of Correction’s suicide prevention and response practices.

MAMH FY22 Budget Priorities

April 12, 2021

MAMH

MAMH's FY22 budget priorities.

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.

National Guidelines for Crisis Care: A Best Practice Toolkit

February 26, 2020

SAMHSA

The SAMHSA National Guidelines for Crisis Care: A Best Practice Toolkit advances national guidelines in crisis care within a toolkit that supports program design, development, implementation and continuous quality improvement efforts.