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March 4th, 2023

Headway made, challenges continue in Mass. ER boarding crisis

By Christina P. O'Neill

Despite the passage of a state law in 2021 to address the psychiatric patient ‘boarding’ problem in...

March 4th, 2023

Baker administration’s ‘roadmap’ seeing some benefits

By Danielle Ray

More than two dozen mental health services centers across the state have been designated Community...

February 5th, 2023

Mass. DOC, DOJ reach agreement on mental health reform

By Christina P. O'Neill

Massachusetts prisoners with behavioral health problems will receive heightened levels of care while in...

February 4th, 2023

CT deemed too restrictive on patients seeking gender-affirming surgery

By Eileen Weber

Based on a 2022 study from the Williams Institute at UCLA, more than 1.6 million people in the U.S. over...

January 10th, 2023

Residential schools: Still riding the pandemic wave

By Phyllis Hanlon

The arrival of the pandemic early in 2020 prompted residential schools to overcome significant challenges...

January 10th, 2023

Report outlines ways to expand, diversify Massachusetts’ workforce

By Susan Gonsalves

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts engaged Manatt Health to create a report that identifies ways to...

January 10th, 2023

Proposed legislation allows for student mental health sick days

By Danielle Ray

Legislators in Massachusetts are following the lead of other New England states in trying to get a bill...

January 8th, 2023

The potential dangers of `career creep’

By Ellen Anderson, Ph.D

My younger colleague regards me with confusion. She is responding to my observation that she seems...

January 7th, 2023

Study shows increase in admissions, Emergency Department (ED) visits among children, adolescents

By Susan Gonsalves

According to research by Clarify Health Institute, mental health inpatient admissions for children and...

January 7th, 2023

Vaping on the rise in teens

By Eileen Weber

Was it really a coping mechanism during the pandemic?
How do you get kids addicted to what you’re...