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Conservatorships & Guardianships: They Are More Common Than One Might Think

July 23, 2021

New England Public Radio's And Another Thing

MAMH Senior Consultant Bob Fleischner explains the difference between a guardianship and conservatorship, noting that there are many alternatives to full guardianship and describing effective models.

Boston police emphasize de-escalation, disengagement in mental health calls

July 21, 2021

Boston Globe

New Boston Police Department protocols support the use of co-responders when executing Section 12 orders and emphasize that "disengagement" may be a more appropriate response than the use of force.

Making prisons more humane

July 1, 2021

Boston Globe

In an editorial, the Boston Globe supports legislation promoted by MAMH to reform mental health services in MA prisons, noting that "[t]he juncture of mental illness and the criminal justice system is as undeniable as it is persistent."

Prisoner advocates seek overhaul of inmate mental health treatment

June 29, 2021

CommonWealth Magazine

Months after the Department of Justice issued a scathing report about the treatment of inmates with mental health conditions in Massachusetts prisons, advocates are urging the Legislature to overhaul the way mental health treatment is provided to incarcerated people.

5 ON: Mental health and wellbeing

June 15, 2021

WCVB Channel 5 Boston

WCVB Channel 5 and MAMH's Mental Health & Well Being Day of Awareness featured all-day coverage including interviews with U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton; State Sen. Julian Cyr; MAMH Board members Joseph Feaster, Ken Duckworth, Anne Whitman, and Marcia Fowler; and Danna Mauch!

Where mental illness and criminal justice meet

June 15, 2021

Boston Globe

The Boston Globe editorial promotes development of a Middlesex County Restoration Center, providing an effective alternative to arrest, jail, and emergency rooms for people experiencing mental health crisis.