Library of Publications

Fact Sheet on Mental Health ABC Act: Addressing Barriers to Care

February 7, 2020

Fact sheet prepared by the MA Senate summarizing key provisions of the Mental Health ABC Act: Addressing Barriers to Care (S.2519), comprehensive mental health legislation reported out of the Senate Ways & Means Committee on Feb. 6, 2020.

Toxic Stress, Behavioral Health, and the Next Major Era in Public Health

January 6, 2020

Andrea Blanch, David Shern, Sarah Steverman

A public health approach to reducing toxic stress will include strategies for preventing or reducing extreme stress and trauma, building resilience, and providing effective care and treatment.

Model Jail Diversion and Reentry Service Programs: Review of the Literature

November 14, 2019

This paper summarizes recent literature related to model jail diversion and reentry services and programs and offers guidance to state and local jurisdictions to develop a full continuum of effective jail diversion services.

The Emerging Crisis of Aged Homelessness

October 22, 2019

Dennis Culhane, Dan Treglia, et al

This 2019 report on homelessness among older adults looks at whether savings from shelter, hospital, and nursing home costs would be sufficient to offset the costs of providing housing.

Continuity of Care for Suicide Prevention and Research

September 19, 2019

Suicide Prevention Resource Center, American Association of Suicidology, and University of Michigan Health System

This report commissioned by the Suicide Prevention Resource Center provides an overview of research related to suicide attempts and suicide deaths subsequent to discharge from an emergency department or inpatient psychiatry unit and makes recommendations for change.

Key Substance Use and Mental Health Indicators in the United States: Results from the 2018 National Survey on Drug Use and Health

August 26, 2019

This SAMHSA report provides a summary of the 2018 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), with data on the incidence in the U.S. of mental health and substance use conditions for adults and adolescents.

Massachusetts Healthy Aging Data Report: Highlights

August 14, 2019

UMass Boston Gerontology Institute and Tufts Health Plan Foundation

The Highlights Report presents a snapshot of findings from the Massachusetts Healthy Aging Data Report intended to generate dialogue and action.

MassHealth: The Basics (Facts and Trends)

August 12, 2019

Commonwealth Medicine: University of Massachusetts Medical School

This updated edition of the MassHealth: The Basics chart pack provides new data on MassHealth enrollment and spending from the most recent state fiscal years available, as well as a high-level overview and status update on the state’s delivery system reform efforts.

A Profile of Health among Massachusetts Adults, 2017

July 31, 2019

MA Dept of Public Health

This report summarizes selected results from the combined landline and cell phone portions of the 2017 Massachusetts Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System of adults aged 18 and older.

2017 Massachusetts State Health Assessment

July 31, 2019

MA Dept of Public Health

MA Department of Public Health staff worked in collaboration with other state agencies, along with a diverse set of stakeholders and organizations from across the state, to develop this comprehensive narrative on the health status of the residents of Massachusetts.

Suicide Attempts among Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Adults

July 21, 2019

Ann Haas, Philip Rodgers, and Jody Herman

This report by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law describes key findings of the National Transgender Discrimination Survey.

Youth Violence in Massachusetts 2009-2017 Summary Data

July 11, 2019

Data from the MA Youth Risk Behavior Survey and MA Youth Health Survey around violence.