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First peer-run respite opens as alternative to hospitalization for people in mental health distress
by Taylor Knopf | August 18, 2021 NORTH CAROLINA - On a patio tucked behind an old brick two-story house, Susan Hart sat on a glider surrounded by lush green plants under the glow of string lights. She wondered aloud what it would have been like to check herself into...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Family support agencies team up for ‘Community Baby Shower’
By MARY BYRNE Staff Writer Published: 9/28/2021 3:29:30 PM GREENFIELD — A coalition of family support agencies is hosting a “Community Baby Shower” at Court Square on Saturday, Oct. 2, to help families navigate the resources available to The baby shower, hosted by the...
HOPE grows: Expanding fight against addiction
By J. CHERRY SULLIVANand MERRIDITH O’LEARY For the Gazette Published: 9/25/2021 7:59:06 AM "...The newest addition to this team is the Northampton Prevention Coalition, the city’s long-running youth substance use prevention coalition, led by coordinator Kara...
Sheriff’s office gets $2.6M grant to expand addiction treatment in jail
The Franklin County Jail and House of Correction in Greenfield. By DOMENIC POLI Staff Writer Published: 9/17/2021 5:03:16 PM GREENFIELD — Franklin County Sheriff Christopher Donelan announced Friday his office was awarded a $2.6 million grant from the federal...
Tributes flow at Northampton Recovery Center’s grand opening
Lynn Ferro, Director of the Northampton Recovery Center talks during the grand opening Thursday, August 26, 2021.By BRIAN STEELEStaff WriterPublished: 8/26/2021 9:08:55 PM NORTHAMPTON — “It’s hard for me to talk,” Ralph D’Amico said, choking back tears. “If I knew...
Farmer’s market in Belchertown educates about Narcan
by: Kate Wilkinson Posted: Jul 25, 2021 / 05:51 PM EDT / Updated: Jul 25, 2021 / 06:39 PM EDT BELCHERTOWN, MASS. (WWLP) - A farmers market booth offering information and Narcan in Belchertown was met with resistance by some online, 22News discovered it’s starting a...