Author: Amanda Morley
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Mental Health Patient Rights: Survivors Gather to Show Support
Amanda Morley About 100 supporters gathered in room A-2 of the State House on September 23, 2009 to demonstrate in favor of the mental heath bills being heard there. The aura in the room was outstanding, brimming with a sense of companionship and force of will, both of which were strong. The network for participants…
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A Day of Refurbishment at the East End House
Amanda Morley East End House, Inc. is a community center in Cambridge that provides vital services to all members of the community, regardless of age or ability. With over 419 volunteers, it is literally “bursting at the seams” according to Emily Bullen, an employee. The Cambridge Community Center offers quality childcare to families of all…
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$600M More in State Budget Cuts—Tough Times Ahead for the Mental Health Community?
Section 9C: Whenever, in the opinion of the commissioner of administration, available revenues as determined by him from time to time during any fiscal year under section 5B will be insufficient to meet all of the expenditures authorized, he shall within 5 days notify in writing the governor and senate committees on ways and means…
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Hospital Abuse of Mental Health Patients: The Rights You Deserve and the Efforts Being Made to Secure Them
by Amanda Morley The Movement Even though the quality of care in Massachusetts and around the country has greatly improved over the past several years, horror stories persist about psychiatric patients being needlessly abused and even dying as the result of negligence by staff and doctors that can border on cruelty. It is unfortunate…