Building Solutions and Breaking Barriers: Advancing Behavioral Health through Community Collaboration
Building Solutions and Breaking Barriers: Advancing Behavioral Health through Community Collaboration
May 6, 2025, Wednesday, 12:30 pm – 4:30 pm, Zoom
12:30 – 12:35 | Welcome (Cori Cather, PhD, and Megan Kelly, PhD) |
12:35 – 12:40 | Opening Remarks (DMH Commissioner) |
12:40 – 1:20 | A Collaborative Approach to Managing Aggression in the Hospital and the Community Megan M. Kelly, PhD Marsha Langer Ellison, PhD Alex Khoury, MPA Julianne H. Flynn, LICSW |
1:20 – 2:00 | Panel: Perspectives on Aggression Management in the Hospital and Community |
2:00 - 2:10 | Break |
2:10 - 2:50 | No Wrong Door: A Statewide Partnership to Expand Medication Access and Use for People with Serious Mental Illness Cheryl Y. S. Foo, PhD |
2:50 - 3:30 | Strengthening Statewide Implementation of an Alternative to Incarceration Program Dara C. Drawbridge, PhD Michelle N. Crist, PhD Vincent Lorenti, Esq |
3:30 - 4:10 | Promoting positive aging for people with SMI living in the community: The Hopeful Healthy Living Program Kim T. Mueser, Ph.D. Jasen Coole, M.A. |
4:10 - 4:20 | Wrap Up and Synthesis |
4:20 - 4:30 | Complete Evaluations |
This event is jointly sponsored by Massachusetts General Hospital, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, and the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health.

Presenters:
- Cori Cather, PhD
- Megan Kelly, PhD
- DMH Commissioner – Emily Bailey
- Marsha Ellison, PhD
- Alex Khoury, MPA
- Julianne Flynn, LICSW
- Cheryl Foo, PhD
- Dara Drawbridge, PhD
- Michelle Crist, PhD
- Vincent Lorenti, Esq.
- Kim Mueser, PhD
- Jasen Coole, MA

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