by The Brien Center | May 20, 2021 | Uncategorized
Heroics aren’t necessary. Doing your best is good enough! By M. Christine Macbeth, ACSW, LICSW Anxiety is contagious. Since the beginning of the pandemic, the level of depression and anxiety in our community (and literally everywhere in the world) is at an all-time...
by The Brien Center | Nov 11, 2020 | Uncategorized
Read letter on Berkshire Eagle website here To the Editor: For the first time in a century, a public health emergency is taking a toll on everyone. Regardless of who you are or where you live, the coronavirus has caused isolation, loneliness, fear, and anxiety. People...
by The Brien Center | Sep 1, 2020 | Uncategorized
“The pandemic, which has forced prolonged isolation, has dealt a particularly cruel blow to some who are recovering from addiction.” By M. Christine Macbeth and Megan Eldridge Wroldson We try to regularly bring the community up-to-date with Brien Center programs,...
by The Brien Center | Oct 16, 2019 | Uncategorized
September is National Recovery Month for mental illness and addiction By M. Christine Macbeth, ACSW, LICSW, and Megan Eldridge Wroldson, LICSW At the Brien Center, we are driven by the knowledge that treatment works, and that people can and do recover from mental...
by The Brien Center | Apr 25, 2019 | Uncategorized
Brien Center’s Patrick Miller Program receives $75,000 grant from the Josephine and Louise Crane Foundation The Josephine and Louise Crane Foundation has once again awarded the Brien Center for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services a $75,000 grant to continue...
by The Brien Center | Feb 11, 2019 | Uncategorized
Brien Center wins $600,000 grant to expand outreach and services for those with opioid use disorder The grant targets the homeless, those transitioning from jail, and people referred from emergency departments following an overdose or in need of treatment for opioid...
