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Library of Publications

Taking Action to Support Our Youths' Mental Health: Issue Brief

November 5, 2023

Public Health Institute of Western Massachusetts

This issue brief provides a roadmap for youth mental health, with a focus on health promotion for the diverse communities in Western Massachusetts.

A Consensus Approach and Recommendations for the Creation of a Comprehensive Crisis Response System

November 18, 2021

CEO Collaborative

MAMH joined 14 other mental health professional organizations, advocacy groups, and funders in releasing a consensus plan to guide implementation of 988, a new crisis hotline scheduled to go online nationwide in July 2022.

Fiscal Year 2022 State Budget Brief Analysis

July 29, 2021

MAMH

An analysis of the FY2022 Massachusetts State Budget and its implications for people with behavioral health conditions and their families.

MAMH FY22 Budget Priorities

April 12, 2021

MAMH

MAMH's FY22 budget priorities.

America’s Children: Responding to the Crisis Now with the Future in Mind

July 28, 2020

Quianta Moore and Christopher Greeley

COVID-19 has accentuated many of the challenges that children, families and communities had been confronting, upsetting any balance that existed prior to the pandemic.

Next Steps for Addressing Childhood Trauma: Becoming a Trauma-Informed and Responsive Commonwealth

June 26, 2020

Childhood Trauma Task Force

This report summarizes findings and recommendations from the first year of work of the Childhood Trauma Task Force, which was established by the Legislature in 2018 to explore ways to better serve youth who have experienced trauma and are involved with juvenile justice.

Protecting our Children’s Well-Being During Covid-19: Recommendations for Supporting Children and Families Who Have Experienced Trauma and Stress During the Pandemic

June 26, 2020

Childhood Trauma Task Force

This report provides findings and recommendations resulting from the Child Trauma Task Force's research on post-disaster trauma and analysis of the Commonwealth’s capacity to meet children’s mental health needs during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Estimated COVID-19 Behavioral Health Outcomes: Research in Perspective to Inform Action to Mitigate Morbidity and Mortality

June 18, 2020

Danna Mauch, Catia Sharp (MAMH)

In this policy brief, MAMH projects that the recession we have entered because of COVID-19 social distancing efforts will increase deaths from suicide and overdose between 12 and 60 percent in Massachusetts.

National Guidelines for Crisis Care: A Best Practice Toolkit

February 26, 2020

SAMHSA

The SAMHSA National Guidelines for Crisis Care: A Best Practice Toolkit advances national guidelines in crisis care within a toolkit that supports program design, development, implementation and continuous quality improvement efforts.

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.

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.

Early Childhood Development: Implications for Policy, Systems and Practice

June 13, 2018

Judge Baker Children's Center

This brief outlines the major implications derived from identified needs, best practices and research in early childhood development, and identifies key strategies for building an effective continuum of care in Massachusetts.