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...

“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,...

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...

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...

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...

State Rep. Smitty Pignatelli and Jennifer Michaels, MD, to be Honored by The Brien Center on Nov. 1 PITTSFIELD - October, 2018 - The Brien Center for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services will honor State Rep. Smitty Pignatelli and Jennifer Michaels, MD, at its...

Grant targets growing teen substance use PITTSFIELD - A $50,000 donation to the Brien Center’s Patrick Miller Youth Substance Abuse Prevention Program will enable the local organization to continue to expand county-wide efforts to reduce the alarming opioid and...

PITTSFIELD - Timothy P. Burke, managing director at Mill Town Capital in Pittsfield, has been named to the Brien Center Board of Directors. His appointment was announced today by M. Christine Macbeth, ACSW, LICSW, president and chief executive officer of the agency....

Elaina Noblet joins the Brien Center as Program Director for the agency’s new Behavioral Health Community Partners program The Brien Center for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services today announced the hiring of Elaina Noblet, who will join the agency as Program...