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National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is now #988

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"Working Together, Apart"

Our 2021 Annual Report to the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health

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Lifeline for Moms

Helping the Health Care Community Optimize Maternal Mental Health

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Our Director's Statement on Black Lives Matter

"As Director of iSPARC, I speak for the Center in agreeing with the principle that Martin Luther King Jr. so powerfully stated: “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”

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Psychiatry Information in Brief

iSPARC's Psychiatry Information in Brief has reached over 175,000 downloads!

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Thursday, September 08, 2022

Mental Health Screening Tools - A Guide

A collection of mental health screening tools complied by the Learning & Working Center (RRTC) at the Transitions to Adulthood Center for Research for SAMHSA.

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Thursday, September 01, 2022

New Webinar with Kathryn Sabella, Ph.D.

Kathyrn Sabella, Transitions Researcher and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at UMass Chan Medical School, was the featured presenter in this Mental Health America webinar titled "Supporting Young Adults with Serious Mental Health Conditions in Post-Secondary Education", on August 17, 2022.

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Friday, July 15, 2022

NEW Podcast by Transitions ACR: S.T.A.Y. Tuned: Supporting Transition-Age Youth

S.T.A.Y. Tuned: Supporting Transition-Age Youth Podcast is a podcast for young adults, made by young adults, with mental health conditions.

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Thursday, June 30, 2022

The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Clubhouse Model

The COVID-19 pandemic posed challenges to the traditional Clubhouse Model of Psychosocial Rehabilitation (Clubhouse). The COVID-19 pandemic forced many Clubhouses around the world to rapidly pivot from face-to-face services and support programs at the Clubhouse to hybrid or virtual services.

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iSPARC and Participatory Action Research

Learn more about iSPARC with Maryann Davis and former DMH Commissioner Joan Mikula

The Journal of Parent & Family Mental Health

Child Talks +: A New Intervention to Support Families Affected by Parental Mental Illness →

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