Policy Brief: Mental Health Screening and Beyond: Recommendation for Expansion
TEAM UP for Children applauds MassHealth's innovative policy changes that focus on supporting comprehensive clinical services for children and families, including behavioral health services. In the spirit of our continued collaboration in the shared goal of ensuring...
TEAM UP is Hiring – Learning Community Coordinator
APPLY NOW Position: TEAM UP Learning Community Coordinator, Pediatrics Research Location: Boston, MA Schedule: 40 hours per week, Hybrid (0-3 days onsite per week) About BMC At Boston Medical Center (BMC), our diverse staff works...
Special Topic Forum – Supporting Survivors: How to Use BARCC’s SEECK Model and Resources
Join us for our next SPECIAL TOPIC FORUM, “Supporting Survivors: How to Use BARCC’s SEECK Model and Resources,” with Megan Mulcahy, Volunteer Services Manager at Boston Area Rape Crisis Center March 19, 2024, 10:00AM ZOOM Megan ensures that all of BARCC’s...
Policy Brief: Mental Health Screening and Beyond: Recommendation for Expansion
TEAM UP for Children applauds MassHealth's innovative policy changes that focus on supporting comprehensive clinical services for children and families, including behavioral health services. In the spirit of our continued collaboration in the shared goal of ensuring...
Special Topic Forum – Early Psychosis: Symptoms, Identification, and Treatment
Join us for our next Special Topic Forum with Emily Gagen, Ph.D., licensed clinical psychologist, Brookline Community Mental Health Center. Emily will share her insights on “Early Psychosis: Symptoms, Identification, and Treatment.” Feb 20, 2024...
TEAM UP is Hiring – Clinical Training Specialist
APPLY>> Position: Clinical Training Specialist, Pediatrics Research Location: Boston, MA Schedule: 20 hours per week, Hybrid ABOUT BMC: At Boston Medical Center (BMC), our diverse staff works together for one goal — to provide...
Special Topic Forum – Multicultural Experiences and Working with Diverse Populations
Join us for the next Special Topic Forum with Adriano Cabral, Executive Director of Inclusion Family Counseling Center. Adriano will share his insights on “Multicultural Experiences and Working with Diverse Populations.” Jan. 16, 2024 10:00AM Zoom ...
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Press Release – TEAM UP Findings Published in the Journal of Ambulatory Care Management
PRESS RELEASE Pediatric Provider and Staff Burnout in Federally Qualified Community Health Centers Boston, MA (October 20, 2023)- A new study published in the Journal of Ambulatory Care Management (JACM) examines burnout among pediatric providers and staff...
BMC Press Release – TEAM UP Research Published in Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics
Boston, MA (Aug. 14, 2023)- New research led by Boston Medical Center and Boston University School of Public Health found that children who received integrated mental health care showed improvements in both mental health and school performance. These findings,...
BMC Press Release – TEAM UP Research Published in JAMA OPEN Network
New research led by Boston Medical Center and Boston University School of Public Health found that integrating mental health services into pediatric primary care at federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) can improve access to...
Association of Integrating Mental Health Into Pediatric Primary Care at Federally Qualified Health Centers With Utilization and Follow-up Care
Abstract OBJECTIVE To examine the association of a comprehensive MH integration model with health care utilization, psychotropic medication use, and MH follow-up care among Medicaid-enrolled children at FQHCs. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS This...
Our mental health care worker shortage is taking a toll
MENTAL HEALTH CARE is, like many industries, facing a workforce shortage, as clinicians flee the field in record numbers. But looming alongside that shortage is a second and equally troubling mental health crisis, one that threatens our nation’s...
Chris Sheldrick Expands Work with TEAM UP
Good news! Chris Sheldrick, PhD, TEAM UP Evaluation Co-Director, will increase his efforts with TEAM UP as he expands his reach by joining the Department of Psychiatry at UMass Chan Medical School. Dr. Sheldrick's work with the...
Megan Bair-Merritt, MD, MCSE named BMC’s first Chief Scientific Officer
TEAM UP is excited to announce that Megan H. Bair-Merritt, MD, MSCE, TEAM UP's Evaluation Co-Director, has been named Boston Medical Center's (BMC) first Chief Scientific Officer (CSO). Dr. Bair-Merritt will provide strategic leadership for BMC's research efforts...
Chris Sheldrick Discusses Childhood Developmental Milestones with BBC
Developmental milestones are an important medical tool – but is our obsession with them causing unintended harm? By Amanda Ruggeri, 9th January 2023 (BBC) Scroll through parenting feeds on social media, and you'll soon come across so-called milestone cards:...
Childhood Trauma Task Force Annual Report Features TEAM UP for Children
The Childhood Trauma Task Force (CTTF) of the Massachusetts Office of the Child Advocate (OCA) recently issued their annual report, "Identifying Childhood Trauma: Recommendations on trauma identification practices in...
CNN.com Highlights TEAM UP’s Solution to the Mental Health Crisis in Children
(CNN)- The pandemic has been tough, but the return to in-person schooling has also been emotionally difficult for Mary Norris’ 12-year-old daughter. Norris says her daughter was bullied relentlessly at the school she attended last year in Fresno, California, near...