Mplf Ruby Rogers Center

Specialties

We are improving the quality of the lives of individuals and their families who face the challenges of developmental disabilities, aging, mental illness or dual diagnosis. We will accomplish this mission by providing effective and compassionate services and through leadership.

History

Established in 1985.

The Ruby Rogers Center is a pioneering program established in 1985 by a group of people led by Judi Chamberlain and Dr. Dan Fisher who were dissatisfied with existing options for psychiatric care and support. Their vision was to create a cooperative center separate from existing mental health services where people could come and offer each other support. The center was also conceived as a base for a variety of advocacy activities.

Later, the center was named after Ruby Rogers, the woman who’s court case against the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health (DMH) established the legal right of «people in recovery» to refuse treatment. The Rogers Decision helped establish the principle of each person’s right to control his or her own psychiatric destiny.