Founding Director Arvin Garg, MD developed a screening tool called #WeCare for patients with unmet social needs. It helps providers & staff identify patients’ needs & connect them with community resources & support. Learn about the tool & its impact ow.ly/ZSmk50KNt4L

The NCTSN offers #secondarytraumaticstress and #selfcare resources to help professionals across child-serving systems manage the #traumaticstress reactions they may experience while helping others. ow.ly/fmr950LgPnG

Congratulations to our '22-'24 UMass Chan Medical School Early Relational Health Fellowship Scholarship Winners Cherline Arnoux, Jesika Lopez Nacimento, Vicente Sanabria, Duyen Trieu and Christine Trendell! Boston Public Health Commission Boston Medical Center Fathers UpLift TEAM UP for Children @LifespanHlthSys

The new Federal Plan for Equitable Long-Term Recovery and Resilience helps strengthen communities by investing in a healthy environment, safe housing, lifelong learning, meaningful work, reliable transportation, and social connectedness: health.gov/our-work/natio… #ELTRR

Launch Announcement - Newly Redesigned Website! We are thrilled to announce that Lifeline for Kids (formerly the Child Trauma Training Center) has launched a newly redesigned website at umassmed.edu/lifelineforkids.  Visit our new website for information on all of our programs!

Nancy Byatt, DO, MS, MBA, a perinatal psychiatrist at UMass Chan Medical School who is an expert on maternal depression, says postpartum psychosis can hijack the brain: bit.ly/3DdUeV1 #Postpartum #MentalHealth #MaternalHealth Lifeline for Moms Felice J. Freyer The Boston Globe

In the wake of this past week's tragic event in Duxbury, MA, Lifeline for Families Center and Lifeline for Moms Program Executive Director Dr. Nancy Byatt shares mental health resources available for parents.

Lifeline for Moms has a new website! buff.ly/3j9t9vm w/ National Network of Perinatal Psychiatry Access Programs, Resources for integrating perinatal mental health care into obstetric settings, #PerinatalMentalHealth tools & resources + more #MaternalHealth

We're hiring for a role in #MentalHealthResearch that will make a difference for #FamilyMentalHealth. Lifeline for Moms ummsjobs.com/job/8986/

Check out our new Lifeline for Moms website! buff.ly/3wwfuBo w/National Network of Perinatal Psychiatry Access Programs, Resources for integrating #PerinatalMentalHealth care into obstetric settings, tools & resources + more. #MaternalMentalHealth Dr. Nancy Byatt

The just-released White House Report on Mental Health Priorities focuses on priorities at the heart of our work, including “research to understand how providers can best incorporate the principles of trauma-informed approaches in mental health care". whitehouse.gov/wp-content/upl…

ICYMI: Here's what iSPARC did last year! conta.cc/3Irk3Td #MentalHealthResearch #MentalHealthRecovery #MentalHealthMatters

Lifeline for Kids child trauma specialist is training 130 Ukrainian clinicians on trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (TF-CBT). UMass Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences UMass Chan Medical School #psychiatry #Children #Trauma #Ukraine umassmed.edu/news/news-arch…

Remember: There is no health without mental health! #MentalHealth is just as important as physical health, and asking for help is a normal part of life. You should never feel like you have to take on the world 🌎 alone. #MentalHealthMonth #MentalHealthMatters #MHAM203

We are hiring! Come join our caring and supportive Lifeline for Kids team, within the Department of Psychiatry.  Visit us at umassmed.edu/lifelineforkids to learn about our work. The posting for our Project Coordinator can be found at: ummsjobs.com/job/9266/

Zlatina Kostova, PhD, writes about guiding Ukrainian therapists through trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy for The Conversation U.S.: direc.to/j5LS “Children are resilient. With treatment and support, they can heal and thrive.” Lifeline for Kids UMass Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Is your child nervous about going back to school? Join Lifeline for Kids Medical Director Dr. Heather Forkey for a free webinar from HealthyChildren on August 25th at 1:00 pm EDT for some great tips on making the transition a bit easier. Register now at bit.ly/3rMLX7K

A team led by Nancy Byatt, DO, MS’15, MBA, has received $21 million in The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute funding to conduct a perinatal mental health equity study, addressing health conditions & social determinants of health to improve #maternalhealth: direc.to/kiM5 UMass Chan iSPARC UMass Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Lifeline for Kids Training Director Zlatina Kostova, Ph.D., speaks with Matter of Fact's Soledad O'Brien on the impact of war on child mental health, and the work being done in the Lifeline for Families center to address trauma. Lifeline for Families matteroffact.tv/analyzing-the-…

LINK-KID provides a single point of access to connect Massachusetts youth (ages 0 to 22) who need evidence-based trauma treatments with mental health professionals trained in them, ensuring kids receive quality treatment as quickly as possible. umassmed.edu/cttc/cttc-serv…