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New! Massachusetts DMH Behavioral Health Help Line (BHHL)

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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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Friday, January 27, 2023

Introducing the New & Improved Lifeline for Moms Website

Lifeline for Moms has launched a newly redesigned website that includes information on our: National Network of Perinatal Psychiatry Access Programs, Resources for integrating perinatal mental health care into obstetric settings, Perinatal mental health tools and resources for patients, providers, and policymakers, Perinatal mental health research, Perinatal mental health consultation services

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Friday, January 06, 2023

Directed Training for the Wider Community of Stakeholders

Our new training program is designed to offer information and resources to people interested in supporting youth and young adults with serious mental health conditions in their transition to employment and/or post-secondary education.

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Tuesday, January 03, 2023

New! DMH Behavioral Health Help Line (BHHL)

Introducing the Behavioral Health Help Line (BHHL) from the Massachusetts Dept. of Mental Health.

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Wednesday, December 21, 2022

Episode 6: We're working on it! featuring Emma Narkewicz, MPA

Today's episode features iSPARC's very own Emma Narkewicz, a research coordinator here at the Transitions to Adulthood Center for Research. Emma begins by walking us through her work on Pre-employment Transition Services in Massachusetts. Later we dive into what it's like being a young adult with mental health conditions entering the workforce and sustaining a career.

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iSPARC and Participatory Action Research

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The Journal of Parent & Family Mental Health

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

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