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Support Groups Help Seniors Struggling with Hoarding

February 7, 2025

WBUR Here & Now

There is growing concern about the prevalence of hoarding disorder among older adults, and lack of access to effective, community-based services and supports. MAMH's Cassie Cramer, Project Director of the MA Hoarding Resource Network (MHRN) was interviewed.

Massachusetts Hoarding Resource Network Strengthens Supports for Homelessness Prevention

August 23, 2024

State House News

The MA Hoarding Resource Network (MHRN) will lead advocacy, technical assistance, and public education to strengthen hoarding support and expand homelessness prevention for older adults in diverse communities across the Commonwealth.

Massachusetts program encourages careers in older-adult treatment

May 7, 2024

Mental Health Weekly

An overview of many of the accomplishments and future plans of the Older Adult Behavioral Health Network (OABHN). OABHN Project Director Cassie Cramer of MAMH is interviewed.

More Boston high schoolers are feeling sad and hopeless, data show

April 1, 2024

Boston Globe

A new collection of survey data shows that women, Black, Latinx, and LGBQ+ students as well as those in low-income neighborhoods are especially vulnerable. MAMH President and CEO Danna Mauch comments on the demand for mental health services in MA.

Middlesex Restoration Center Commission awards crisis diversion pilot to Vinfen

January 23, 2024

Lowell Sun

Danna Mauch, Co-Chair of the Middlesex Restoration Center Commission, lauds the selection of Vinfen as the clinical provider for a new diversion pilot program to minimize arrest, incarceration, and unnecessary hospitalization for people in behavioral health crisis.

‘The biggest gap in health care’: For patients who are involuntarily committed, a steep drop-off follows

November 3, 2023

Boston Globe

MAMH Senior Consultant Bob Fleischner says that the experience of involuntary treatment can have the unintended effect of deterring people from seeking help in the future.