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Mass. DOC is making a mockery of new solitary confinement regulations

July 15, 2019

Boston Globe

This Boston Globe editorial opposes new rules that would limit the role of the MA Department of Corrections Restrictive Housing Oversight Committee, on which MAMH participates.

Lawmakers hear calls to update curriculum

July 9, 2019

Boston Globe, The Lowell Sun

The MA Joint Committee on Education held a hearing on July 9, 2019 for updating school curriculum. Danna Mauch's testimony on mental health education in Massachusetts K-12 schools is mentioned.

Lawmakers urge schools to teach about mental health

July 9, 2019

Worcester Telegram

The MA Joint Committee on Education held a hearing on July 9, 2019 for updating school curriculum. Danna Mauch's testimony on mental health education in Massachusetts K-12 schools is mentioned.

Rules would place ‘gag order’ on committee overseeing solitary confinement in Massachusetts jails and prisons

July 8, 2019

masslive.com

MAMH and other members of the Department of Correction's Restrictive Housing Oversight Committee are concerned that proposed new regulations that would limit members’ ability to visit prisons and bar them from speaking to the press.

Helping Older Adults Keep the Right to Make their Own Decisions About their Care

May 1, 2019

Massachusetts Coalition for Serious Illness Care

The April 2019 edition of the Massachusetts Coalition for Serious Illness Care newsletter focuses on Supported Decision Making as an alternative to guardianship, as well as MAMH's work to promote independence for older adults with mental health conditions.

Urgent Care On Demand, Except This Time For Mental Health

April 19, 2019

WBUR

Danna Mauch talks with WBUR reporter Martha Bebinger about why walk-in mental health and urgent care centers are so important to increasing timely access to life-saving mental health treatment and supports.