An increased regulatory focus on removing psychiatric inpatients’ opportunities for self-harm has led Vermont’s hospitals to make major changes to improve safety. But according to psychiatric survivors, some of these changes have yielded unintended consequences in how...
BENNINGTON – Vermont could have ten to 12 new inpatient psychiatric beds for adolescents by 2024 if a proposal by Southwestern Vermont Medical Center comes to fruition. Direct input from psychiatric survivors or family members has yet to be brought into discussion on...
MONTPELIER – With at least 47 new faces entering the Vermont House of Representatives and nine freshman senators, the 2023-2024 legislative biennium looks more than usual like a blank canvas. Mental health advocates will be watching closely to see how it fills up. The...
BURLINGTON – The Department of Mental Health is actively looking to relieve Vermont’s overburdened emergency departments by expanding other options for care during mental health crises. There has not yet been any direct involvement by psychiatric survivors about...
State Lags on Requirement To Divide Case Management from Services MONTPELIER – In 2014, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued new regulations intended to protect Medicaid beneficiaries who receive care outside of institutional settings. Vermont is...
