MHE & You Community

07/11/2024

Hi everyone -

We've been kind of "dark" over here on this channel lately. So, an update. The advisory board at UMass SPARC that is made up of people with lived experience of a mental health condition is now called the weSPARC Insight Adult Advisory Board and you can find out about what we do here: https://buff.ly/3zDJtwb (we have some great resources there also.)
Going forward, stay in touch with us on Facebook by following us at UMass SPARC. If you are interested in young adult mental health, you can also follow our center Transitions to Adulthood Center for Research. Thanks, and remember the sun will rise again.

04/24/2024

04/10/2024

Registration Open! Join us at the 2024 Annual Massachusetts Department of Mental Health Research Centers of Excellence Conference
"Innovative Prevention and Treatment Strategies for Co-Occurring Mental Health and Substance Use Challenges "
Date: May 13th, 2024, 12:30-4:30 ET
Agenda / Register: https://buff.ly/3v9Ixha

What: The conference is hosted by the two Research Centers of Excellence.
UMass SPARC in the Psychiatry Dept. at UMass Chan Medical School and
The Center of Excellence (COE) for Psychosocial and Systemic Research at Massachusetts General Hospital (https://buff.ly/3vbh9zq )

Who and Why:
This conference is for Massachusetts DMH clients, their family members, DMH staff, and providers to learn more about the work these two centers are doing, and for these centers to learn how their research can best support DMH, and its mission and the people served by DMH. The conference will be a virtual Zoom Webinar and will feature speakers from MGH, UMass, and a Peer panel discussing the latest innovations in prevention and treatment strategies for co-occurring mental health and substance use challenges.

NAMI Massachusetts Parent/Professional Advocacy League Vinfen and others encouraged to join us!
Massachusetts General Hospital UMass Chan Medical School UMass Psychiatry

04/04/2024

04/03/2024

Living with anxiety forces lifestyle changes on you, and they are not the good kind of changes. 😒 What lifestyle changes have you chosen to make to counteract anxiety? 🌼 Share in the comments.

04/03/2024

04/03/2024

04/03/2024

04/03/2024

Thank you to our friends at the Stoddard Charitable Trust for the generous grant to repaint and beautify the Chandler House training center. With their help, we can improve the experience of our world-class training program for visiting colleagues, and show some long overdue TLC to this historic Worcester building!