Recovery is a gift that everyone deserves People living with behavioral health issues can and do get better. Knowing that recovery is possible can help reduce the devastation of suicide By M. Christine Macbeth, ACSW, LICSW Our community is filled with heroes. They...

 But this year is different. Almost all of us are experiencing symptoms of stress. I am very aware that employees at the Brien Center are coping with an incredible amount of personal stress. They are resilient, committed and caring professionals who have helped...

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...

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...