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Library of Publications

Massachusetts Law Review: Jail and Prison Suicides in Massachusetts

May 23, 2024

Jennifer Honig, JD, Massachusetts Association for Mental Health

This article examines jail and prison suicides in Massachusetts, providing a closer look at operations within the Department of Corrections and county facilities, risk-reduction strategies, and recommendation for reform by the Massachusetts Legislature.

Paul Summergrad, MD, on Prioritizing Mental Health Care and Access Post-Pandemic

September 30, 2022

Emily Wright Brognano and Paul Summergrad

TuftsNow article features an interview with MAMH Board member and former American Psychiatric Association president Paul Summergrad.

Persons With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in the Mental Health System: Part 2. Policy and Systems Considerations

March 2, 2022

Debra A. Pinals, M.D., Lisa Hovermale, M.D., Danna Mauch, Ph.D., Lisa Anacker, M.D.

In this second of two articles, the authors focus on policy and systems considerations to assist practitioners and administrators to provide high-quality mental health services for these individuals by recognizing existing infrastructures of support.

Persons With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in the Mental Health System: Part 1. Clinical Considerations

March 1, 2022

Debra A. Pinals, M.D., Lisa Hovermale, M.D., Danna Mauch, Ph.D., Lisa Anacker, M.D.

This first of two articles on care for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) in the mental health system, provides a clinical overview of these neurodevelopmental disorders and of mental health and other conditions that co-occur with IDD.

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.

Visioning the Future of Gerontological Digital Social Work

December 23, 2020

George Mois and Karen L. Fortuna

Gerontological Social Work education has been substantially altered by the advancement of today’s digital technologies, influencing both the training and tools required to ensure student success in social work research, policy, and practice.

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.

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.

Inside the Adverse Childhood Experience Score: Strengths, Limitations, and Misapplications

April 24, 2020

Robert Anda, Laura Porter, and David Brown

The authors, including the co-author of the original Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) study, emphasize that the ACE questionnaire was designed to research—not screen—the relationship between childhood adversities and health and social outcomes.

The Effect of Minority Status and Social Context on the Development of Depression and Anxiety

September 30, 2019

Margarita Alegria, Patrick Shrout, et al

Puerto Rican teens growing up as minorities in the South Bronx are more likely to experience anxiety and depression than their peers growing up as a majority in Puerto Rico, even under similar conditions of poverty.

Modifiable Resilience Factors to Childhood Adversity for Clinical Pediatric Practice

July 21, 2019

Flora Traub and Renée Boynton-Jarrett

This 2017 Pediatrics article documents evidence for 5 modifiable resilience factors to improve children's short- and long-term health outcomes.