MHLD panel members are required to complete a day-long training on representing respondents in guardianship cases during the FY 16, which runs from July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016. […]
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The National Empowerment Center has announced several peer-related online seminars. They are all free and cover subjects from re-entry to suicide prevention. More information is available here.
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A report published in this month’s Journal of the American Geriatrics Society found that adults over 65 are receiving psychotropic medications at twice the rate of younger adults. The study […]
The 2015 edition of this report, which fulfills NCD’s statutory mandate to annually report and make recommendations concerning the state of disability policy in the United States, holds special significance […]
The latest edition of Mental Health Proceedings in Massachusetts
By Michael A. Cohen  July 04, 2015 As Americans celebrate America’s 239th birthday Saturday, we should pause to thank those who defend and uphold our freedoms every day. No, […]
According to a report in the Washington Post, police in the US have shot and killed 124 people this year who were in the throes of mental or emotional crisis, […]
The MHLD has instituted several changes for FY 2016. They are detailed in the attached memos and notice. Here is the CPCS Mental Health Registration and Court Preferences form for […]
September 14, 1953 – June 16, 2015 With sadness, we are writing to let you know that Margaret Winchester, the Attorney in Charge for CAFL’s trial office in Worcester, passed […]
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