REPORT ON SCHOOL BASED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH 2023
The Children’s Mental Health Campaign (CMHC), with support from the Charles F. and Beatrice D. Adams Charitable Trust, embarked on a multi-year project to examine best practices in school-based behavioral health (SBH) and present policy recommendations for supporting the development and implementation of a Comprehensive School-Based Behavioral Health (CSBH) model for Massachusetts.
REPORT ON PEDIATRIC BEHAVIORAL HEALTH URGENT CARE, 2ND EDITION 2020
Children and adolescents in need of behavioral health care often face barriers and delays in a fragmented system that is variable in its capacity, quality, and intensity across all service types.
TALK IT OUT: WHAT YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS SAY ABOUT GETTING MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE INFORMATION 2018
In 2018, Youth MOVE Massachusetts (YMM), a youth-led group, working with Parent/Parent Professional Advocacy League (PPAL) surveyed 140 youth and young adults about access to mental health and substance use information.
PEDIATRIC PSYCHIATRIC BOARDING: USING DATA TO DEVELOP POLICY SOLUTIONS JULY 2017
The effects of psychiatric boarding are not limited to delayed treatment or the burden placed on families; there are also considerable economic impacts on hospitals.
“CHILDREN’S MENTAL HEALTH IN THE COMMONWEALTH: THE TIME IS NOW” NOVEMBER 2006
Massachusetts must create coherent mental health policy and dynamic state leadership in order to ensure access to culturally competent, linguistically appropriate, and effective mental health services for all children in need.