<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/why_careers_in_public_sector_mental_health_matter_with_dmh_commissioner.html" dsn="news"><title>Why Careers in Public Sector Mental Health Matter:  William James College Convenes Conversation with Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health </title><item_date>03/22/2024 03:00:31 PM</item_date><author>Hannah Van Sickle</author><image><img src="/news/images/commissioner-doyle-article.jpg" alt="President Nicholas Covino, DMH Commissioner Brooke Doyle, and Benjamin Mathews"/></image><image_caption>President Nicholas Covino, Commissioner Brooke Doyle, and Benjamin Mathews</image_caption><thumbnail><img src="/news/images/commissioner-doyle-article.jpg" alt="President Nicholas Covino, DMH Commissioner Brooke Doyle, and Benjamin Mathews"/></thumbnail><summary>The fact that there are people with mental health needs in our community, whose voices are hard to hear, is what motivates Commissioner Brooke Doyle, MEd, in her work with the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health (DMH)—the largest provider of psychiatric hospital services in the Commonwealth. “[These individuals’] voices aren’t just drowned out, they are being ignored,” said Doyle who views her primary responsibility, beyond running a safe and effective treatment agency, as giving voice to the voiceless—sentiments she shared during a campus visit on Thursday, February 29 aimed at discussing the importance of careers in public sector mental health and why they are worth pursuing.</summary><category>Around Campus</category><featured/><tags><tag>Around Campus</tag></tags></item>