“Music is good for your mental health.” That’s what the lead singer of the sextet Cozy told the crowd that had gathered at Hard’ack Recreation Area in St. Albans for the festival known as Afterglow. It was early afternoon on a sunny fall Saturday, and as attendees...
What causes anxiety? What can those who experience it intensely and persistently do to ease their burden? Anxious Nation, a documentary that played in five theaters across the state this fall in a series of special events organized by NAMI-VT, proposes the same answer...
Eugenics – the pseudoscience that promotes selective human breeding through policies like sterilization, marriage restriction, and family separation – became a nationwide movement in the first half of the 20th century. In Vermont, the particular concerns and...
By Vermont Emergency Management’s preliminary count, July’s flooding damaged 4,087 homes and 839 businesses statewide. Emotionally and psychologically, the event and its aftermath will yield serious, long-lasting challenges for Vermonters, according to mental health...
Not everyone leaves the hospital feeling content about the quality of their care. At the University of Vermont Medical Center, dissatisfied patients have a place to go: the Office of Patient & Family Advocacy. But what happens once they’ve filed a complaint? Last...
