Sonia Gooden-Alexis, Ed.D LMHC, Fenway Health’s Clinical Supervisor Behavioral Health, recently returned from an eight-day training in Rwanda around international trauma. During this time, she learned much about behavioral healthcare in the East African country.
The opportunity for Sonia to …
In Massachusetts, lesbian, gay, and bisexual youth are almost three times as likely as heterosexual youth (61.1% vs. 23.9%) to report feeling sad or helpless almost every day for two or more weeks in a row that they stopped doing …
Fenway Health staff Gerardo Moreno Serrano, Bilingual Psychotherapist, and Jonathan Briseño, Bilingual Counselor Advocate for the Violence Recovery Program, presented on October 26 at the Consulate General of Mexico in Boston as part of Binational Health Week. Gerardo and Jonathan …
The month of October shines a spotlight on two critically important behavioral health issues. October 7 through 13 marks Mental Illness Awareness Week, a time to raise awareness and provide education about the realities of mental illness, support those …
The Fenway Institute is excited to announce that Dr. Alex Keuroghlian, Director of Education & Training, is being honored with Harvard Medical School’s Excellence in Clinical Instruction in Psychiatry Award from the graduating class of 2018. This is in recognition …
A new study co-authored by Dr. Ralph Vetters, Medical Director of the Sidney Borum, Jr. Health Center, examines how family dynamics impact the mental health of transgender and gender non-conforming (TGN) youth. The study, titled Family Functioning and Mental Health …
Reducing avoidable emergency room visits and hospitalizations has been an ongoing challenge for healthcare providers and payers, especially in vulnerable and at-risk communities. Now Fenway Health is launching a new pilot program to decrease avoidable emergency room visits and hospitalizations …
Fenway Health is pleased to announce that the Health Resources and Services Administration HIV/AIDS Bureau (HRSA/HAB) has awarded The Fenway Institute a groundbreaking four-year cooperative agreement ($5.325 million per year) to establish the Evidence-Informed Interventions Center for Coordinating Technical Assistance, …
Behavioral health – also known as mental health – is a critical part of any patient care plan. Integrating behavioral health practices into primary care helps patients to not just survive, but thrive, in every aspect of their lives. Here …
Comprehensive behavioral health care is a key component of overall wellness. For people living with HIV (PLWH), access to these services is especially critical. The stress caused by pervasive stigma and discrimination around HIV/AIDS has been shown to contribute to …
