Increasing demand for outpatient mental health services has led to longer delays in accessing treatment. Without timely access to care, people with urgent needs have few options outside of seeking treatment at hospital emergency departments. To help address the problem and with start-up funding from the Town of Brookline’s ARPA funds, The Brookline Center launched…
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A partnership between The Brookline Center and Soldier On, a Massachusetts nonprofit that provides transitional housing and services for homeless veterans, is helping former servicemembers across the state manage their health more effectively. The project brings the Center’s Healthy Lives program to veterans facing multiple mental health and medical challenges, pairing them with registered nurses…
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For students who experience a mental health-related disruption in their education, most schools are ill-equipped to help them return to school, resume a normal course schedule, succeed academically, and reintegrate socially. Nationwide, roughly 50% of students with serious mental health challenges drop out of school. The Brookline Center’s bryt program is changing this trajectory, transforming…
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Imagine a world where everyone has access to mental health support. The Brookline Center is actively shaping this future. There is a critical shortage of mental health providers today. By one estimate, the number of clinicians working in mental health is sufficient to cover just 13% of the actual need. The U.S. government projects that…
Read Full PostBoldly Bridging Gaps in Psychosis Support
While Massachusetts has more early psychosis care than most states, according to The Brookline Center’s Senior Advisor for Innovation Dr. Henry White, “there is no clear way for a family or a medical provider to find the right program. Our Massachusetts Psychosis Access and Triage Hub (M-PATH) program aims to fill this critical gap, helping…
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Schools are the best place to connect, engage, and provide young people access to mental health services,” says Dr. Carolyn Castro-Donlan, Project Director of the Massachusetts School-Based Telebehavioral Health Project (THP), a pilot program of The Brookline Center, in partnership with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, and…
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Early intervention is critical to improving life outcomes for youth experiencing psychosis, and The Brookline Center’s CEDAR (Center for Early Detection, Assessment and Response to Risk) Clinic is one of only three programs in Massachusetts that provides care when young people are just beginning to exhibit signs and symptoms. CEDAR works with youth and their…
Read Full PostBoldly Harnessing The Power Of Nature
In November, The Brookline Center broke ground on a new Outdoor Therapeutic Space, marking a milestone in the Center’s mission to develop innovative approaches to care. Harnessing the proven healing power of nature, the space will provide multiple benefits for clients and clinicians. The Outdoor Therapeutic Space will transform land behind the Center’s offices at…
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