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Behavioral health care funds to be released in Mass.
By Eileen Weber
Money meant to address staff shortages Last year, Massachusetts set up a behavioral health fund amounting...
Is Massachusetts getting closer to an AOT law?
By Catherine Robertson Souter
Support in CT for measure is non-existent As the formal legislative session in Massachusetts ended in...
Blue Envelope Program supports neuro-diverse drivers
By Beth Negus Viveiros
Mass. latest state to implement measure In April, Massachusetts became the latest state to implement the...
Cartwheel receives $20 million for school mental health
By Eileen Weber
Company provides quick access to telehealth care
It should be no surprise that the mental health of children and adolescents was hit hard by the pandemic. But...
Proposed legislation would ban aversive therapy in Massachusetts
By New England Psychologist Staff
Judge Rotenberg Center uses, defends practice Opponents of the use of electric shock therapy to treat...
Two states, same problem: Staffing shortages plague industry
By Eileen Weber
Mass. and RI weigh in on nationwide dilemma The mental health field has been hit hard with the nationwide...
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...
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...
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...