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Community Engagement

Leading the mental health research community and beyond in a working partnership with individuals with lived mental health experience, their families, and the agencies that serve them.

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Public Mental Health and Implementation Research

Conducting, disseminating, and supporting the use of research in the public mental health system to enhance services for people with behavioral health conditions that promote their recovery and improve their quality of life.

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Technical Assistance

Offering basic and intensive technical assistance (TA) services to MassDMH and its contracted providers.

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    Transitions to Adulthood Center for Research Enters New Chapter

    The Transitions to Adulthood Center for Research is entering a new chapter with Drs. Marsha Ellison and Michelle Mullen leading the Center.

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    News article addresses teen use of AI chatbots for emotional support

    iSPARC researcher & center director, Megan Kelly, PhD, along with two UMass Chan colleagues, Phoebe Moore, PhD, and Yael Dvir, MD, recently published an article in The Conversation exploring how teens are increasingly turning to AI chatbots for emotional support — and how adults can help keep them safe.

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    May is Mental Health Month

    Each year, iSPARC partners with members of our Community Advisory Boards to recognize May is Mental Health Month. This year, members of the weSPARC Insight Advisory Board chose the theme of  "Mental Health at Work",  contributing their thoughts, feelings, and experiences on having a mental health condition and working.

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