According to a sign in the store window, a mental health and substance use clinic called ColumnHealth will soon open at (I think) 401 Highland Avenue. This used to be Rockland Trust's (nee Central Bank's) loan office.

Hey everybody, I'm involved in an art show for queer/trans disabled artists under the Boston LGBTQUIA Artists Alliance, and THE CALL FOR ART IS OPEN!
If you are queer or trans, have any kind of disability (chronic pain, chronic illness, mental illness, etc.) and you’re in the Boston area, you should totally submit to us.  It is going to be totally ( Read more... )

As has been mentioned on this group before, my wife somerville_lmt and I are building a float center in Magoun Square. We have full construction plans and bids from contractors and a pending application for a building permit, and now have just launched pre-orders in the form of a crowdfund campaign.  Since so much of our expenses are in the form of construction ( Read more... )

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My insurance provider (BCBSIL) lists almost a hundred clinical social workers within a mile of my house (Teele Sq), and over a thousand in the greater Boston area, so I'm hoping someone can help me narrow the list down.

Having some mental health issues that I need to get help addressing. I've looked through the tags, but the most recent post is almost two years old, and I have been trying off and on since I moved here a year and a half ago to find someone ( Read more... )

Interesting article about the happiness survey in the census forms, curious how this will evolve over time:

I realize that most people don't read newspapers broadsheet anymore, so here is the link: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/01/us/

Dear Neighbor Across the Bike Path,

I think you should know that I am an avowed pacifist, and a lover of animals and humanity.

This means that if your dog barks for an hour straight between 8 and 9am next Sunday, too, I will not come over there and strangle it. Even if I've been out at work until 1am the night before, again ( Read more... )

at the suggestion of several commenters, i've removed my previous post.

thanks y'all, it's been enlightening.

A friend of mine has been having some mental health issues (depression, anxiety, general crazy?) that have been pretty poorly managed, and she's looking for someone to help her with medication. Unfortunately I don't have a lot of experience in this area, but she says she's been having a hard time finding anyone taking new patients or even someone ( Read more... )