MGH Center of Excellence

@ArtsinBoston & @NAMIMass's Opening Doors to the Arts program brings FREE tickets to Theaters, Concerts and other social events for those with Mental Health challenges! Visit OpeningDoorsToTheArts.org to learn more on how to get involved! #MentalHealthMatters

Join Drs. Cori Cather and @Arundati Nagendra as they discuss Dr. Nagendra's study examining healthcare disparities for Black clients diagnosed with schizophrenia: youtu.be/lFjkejOEsGg

As a #NewYear begins, Dr. @CarolLimMD & team plan to continue their success in increasing vaccination rates and providing mobile vaccine clinics for people with serious mental illness! Read about the project: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

Don't miss the MGH 20th Annual Schizophrenia Education Day TOMORROW! Free & on zoom! Register: tinyurl.com/5yd9pt43 #MentalHealthMatters #AcademicTwitter #PsychologyMatters

Learn about the way MAPNET and @leapcenter1 are innovating systems of care for those diagnosed with early psychosis by integrating lived experiences of clients and families: mapnet.online/mass-step #mentalhealthsupport #healthcareinnovation #livedexperience

Part 3 of our Mass-STEP Poster series: Julia Plumb describes a project which added psychosis screening questions into a primary care clinic’s EMR for behavioral health visits mapnet.online/2022-massstep-…

Another interesting poster from the Mass-STEP conference! Jacqueline Dow takes a closer look at COVID-19 vaccination and vaccine hesitancy in McLean Hospital’s first episode psychosis clinic mapnet.online/2022-massstep-…

Check out the 1st place poster from this year’s Mass-STEP conference! Brittany Gouse explores how a person’s race, ethnicity, and neighborhood affect their risk for repeated ED visits for psychosis mapnet.online/2022-massstep-…

Weren't able to attend the MA Strategic Plan for Early Psychosis Conference? No worries! Check out the recordings here: mapnet.online/sp22-recordings Featuring talks on psychosis research, equity/access to services, & personal accounts from students. #psychtwitter #AcademicTwitter

Join patients, families, and friends at the virtual MGH 20th Annual Schizophrenia Education Day! Make sure to register: tinyurl.com/5yd9pt43

COE peer consultants are individuals with lived experience of mental health and/or substance misuse challenges. Anne Whitman, PhD, Certified Peer Specialist, is our senior peer consultant. Read her recovery story here: mghcoe.com/recovery-story… #recovery #mentalhealthmatters

A few great ways to combat chronic stress: mindfulness, exercise, sleep, & a healthy diet. Check out these great ideas for healthy snacks to help you feel full & alert! (2/2 tweets) #HealthyLiving #HealthyFood

Chronic stress has been on the rise since the start of COVID. How do you practice #selfcare when you start to notice the symptoms of stress creep in? (1/2 tweets) #SelfCareSeptember #mentalwellness

Don't miss @NAMICommunicate's book tour at Boston's own @booksmithtweets 9/21 at 7pm! NAMI's book is a hopeful guide to help navigate mental health journeys & includes 130 personal stories. #mentalhealth #MentalHealthAwareness #BookTour

September is National #SuicidePreventionMonth. Join @NAMICommunicate in this FREE webinar series as colleagues from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (@afspnational @AFSPMA ) and the @jedfoundation share their work in suicide prevention

Only 8 days left! Submit abstracts on the topic "Awareness, Access, and Action for Psychosis Interventions in MA". Link: mapnet.online/strategic-plan… @NUBouve @MassDMH @leapcenter1 @MHTTCNetwork @dost_ongur @keshavanms #psychology #psychresearch #psychconference

Free Workshop on Science Communication. Telling Compelling Data-driven Stories: How to Make Numbers Meaningful, Accessible & Actionable Thurs, Sept 29, 2022 10 AM – 11 AM EST Open to all. Register here: buff.ly/3PH8oRU #ResearchToAction #BehavioralScience @UMassAmherst

@UMass_SPARC is 1 of 2 @MassDMH's Centers of Excellence. @mghcoe at @MassGeneralNews is the other. See what they've been up to in their latest newsletter, here: buff.ly/3SDFKDL It includes their three new Peer-led and Peer-focused video projects. #MentalHealthMatters

What helps you get through the difficulties of COVID? Hear how being a #certifiedpeerspecialist helped our peer consultants navigate the challenges of the pandemic: youtube.com/watch?v=xBDnhM… @CentersKiva @ChoiceCoaching @NAMICommunicate

Check out this short video from Dr. Oliver Freudenreich, who is the co-director of the MGH Psychosis Program, on very important points regarding schizophrenia management! #schizophrenia #APA medscape.com/recap/969404