Conversations, Episode 17: Prevent Promote

By Staff Report
Jun 28, 2018

Margaret Hannah discusses report findings from Special Legislative Commission to study prevention science and evidence based strategies to promote mental wellness and prevent mental illness.

In March of 2017 Governor Baker authorized a Special Legislative Commission to study prevention science and evidence based strategies to promote mental wellness and prevent mental illness. For 12 months, this 26-member Commission worked with national and local experts and recently issued its report. In this podcast, Margaret Hannah, Executive Director of the =Freedman Center at William James College, who was appointed to the Commission, discusses some of the report’s findings.