Northampton Recovery Center fighting addiction with unique approach

by: Jillian Andrews Posted: Nov 10, 2021 / 05:40 PM EST / Updated: Nov 10, 2021 / 07:02 PM EST NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (WWLP) – [...] Drug addiction is very much an issue locally and across the state. The Northampton Recovery Center (NRC) is a peer driven community, just last month celebrating five years in Northampton. There is a life after [...]

The Consortium Announces New Development Director

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kristel Applebee Western Massachusetts Training Consortium (413) 536-2401 x3041 kapplebee@wmtcinfo.org The Consortium Announces New Development Director Terrie Thompson is the Consortium’s New Director of Development HOLYOKE, MA November 9, 2021 – The Consortium is excited to announce it has a new Director of Development, A. Terrie Thompson. Terrie Thompson has joined [...]

It’s Not Just Britney

The Cut By Sandy Allen | July 2, 2021 [...] The day after Britney’s statement to an L.A. court last week, one heard around the world, I called up a psychiatric-survivor activist I’ve gotten to know, Caroline Mazel-Carlton. Mazel-Carlton, who’s also a rabbi-in-training, works for an organization that is revolutionizing mental-health care in western Massachusetts (and [...]

Westfield Police Host Drug Addiction & Recovery Team Training

News Flash Posted on: October 28, 2021 Earlier this week the Westfield Police Department hosted a training in Cooperation with Hampshire Hope to form a Drug Addiction & Recovery Team (DART).  The opioid epidemic that has plagued communities nationwide has forced law enforcement to expand the way this problem is dealt with.   Although enforcement [...]

The WHO Calls for Radical Change in Global Mental Health

By Robert Whitaker - June 10, 2021 During the past decade, the World Health Organization (WHO) has regularly promoted the goal of improving “global mental health.” While it has often told of the importance of social support and other non-drug alternatives, its efforts helped spread a biomedical standard of care. Western ideas regarding diagnoses, the [...]

Cultural Appreciation Day celebrated outside Franklin County Justice Center

By: WWLP Digital First, Sy Becker Posted: Oct 21, 2021 / 03:26 PM EDT / Updated: Oct 21, 2021 / 06:58 PM EDT GREENFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Franklin County is so proud of the diversity of its courthouse personnel, they celebrated with a Cultural Appreciation Day. It’s not every day you hear the Libro Azul Latin Jazz and Salsa band [...]

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