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The National Shatter Silence Campaign (NSSC) maintains an archive of cases where the current healthcare and legal systems have fundamentally failed. While the documented stories are compelling, countless unreported cases arise daily, often withheld from the media due to domestic violence privacy laws.
NSSC List Of Preventable Tragedies in Massachusetts
This is the latest list of preventable tragedies in MA. It is updated monthly.
Write your testimony for “Continuum of Care” bill
We are asking all those familiar with the need for Assisted Outpatient Treatment (“Continuum of Care for Serious Mental Illness” S.1115 ) in Massachusetts to write a one page testimony. We can assist you with any questions, as well as our AOTnow team at http://www.AOTnow.org Once it is complete, you may email the testimony to…
Parenticides in MA
In light of the recent famous double parenticide in the Reiner family, we thought we should list similar tragedies in Massachusetts. There have been 17 parenticides and 4 attempted parenticides in #Massachusetts since 2019 when we started tracking incidents of tragedies due to untreated serious mental illness. There have been more, but these were reported…
Crisis of MA Psych Beds
”Crisis of Availability of DMH Hospital Long Term Beds” Lynda Michaud Cutrell, MBA, Advocate and President Emeritas, NAMI MA, Karen Gromis, Advocate and Former Deputy Director, NAMI MA, Dr. Laura Holland, MD, NAMI Family Support Facilitator View article here
Fact versus fiction for AOT “Continuum of Care” bill
We need to set the facts straight for the proposed bill Bill S.1115/H.1801 Download our Fact Sheet here:
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