Behavioral Health Archives - Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program

Homelessness can be intertwined with multiple chronic psychosocial stressors, including lack of housing, poverty, lack of family support, major mental illness, trauma, and substance use disorders. All of these conditions contribute to our patients’ significant behavioral health needs, from psychiatric care to mental health counseling to substance use disorder treatment. These services are provided by our team of psychiatrists, clinical social workers, licensed mental health counselors, nurses and nurse practitioners, case managers, addiction specialists, and more, all of whom are dedicated to nonjudgmental, compassionate, high-quality care and harm reduction principles.

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A.J.

Two years ago, A.J. took the batteries out of his clock to mark one of the most precious moments of his life. Today, that clock is on the wall of his studio apartment, still frozen...

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Rachel Harrington-Levey Uses Art and Play to Heal Her Young Clients

The four-year-old girl was living in a shelter when she witnessed her mother falling down a staircase and being taken away in an ambulance. The pair were separated for several weeks and when they were...

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Marguerite’s Story

Here in Massachusetts, a right-to-shelter state for families, family homelessness can seem invisible compared to adult homelessness, as unhoused families are often placed in scattered site apartments, communal shelters, or motels, off the streets and...

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“This is where my recovery journey began…I will be forever grateful.”

Hear the story of Tony, one of our patients who grapples with a substance use disorder and found respite and healing at BHCHP.

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Margaret’s Story

Here in Boston, the air can be bitter cold in late March, spring often eludes us until the early weeks of May. So, it was still brisk that day when our patient Margaret* left the...

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