by Vermont Psychiatric Survivors | Nov 30, 2022 | Commentary
The summer issue of Counterpoint in 1988, 34 years ago, focused on a new plan called “regionalization” that had begun the year before to shift people who were being held at the Vermont State Hospital in Waterbury to living in their local communities with support...
by Vermont Psychiatric Survivors | Nov 30, 2022 | Commentary
Commentary by Zack Hughes, VPS Board Member Have you ever seen this? “We are having a membership meeting.” “Come renew your membership.” Why does it matter? VPS is a membership-driven organization. A member has obligations and has power! What obligations and power?...
by Vermont Psychiatric Survivors | Nov 30, 2022 | Commentary
A brand-new initiative to develop a child and adolescent psych unit at Southwestern Medical Center in Bennington is already off on the wrong foot when it comes to input from psychiatric survivors and their families. Likewise for an initiative to develop an urgent care...
by Vermont Psychiatric Survivors | Nov 30, 2022 | Commentary
Publisher’s commentary by Karim Chapman Despite our broad common interests, divisions in the peer movement are getting in the way of our ability to be successful in the state. In the past two years, there have been efforts in the peer community to push to be on...
by Vermont Psychiatric Survivors | Nov 30, 2022 | Commentary
Commentary by Laura Shanks In April, I launched a virtual peer-run wellness collaborative group on Zoom through Vermont Psychiatric Survivors with my colleague, Carter Kinoy, with a mission to provide a safe community space for open discussion, synergetic support,...
by Vermont Psychiatric Survivors | Nov 30, 2022 | Commentary
Commentary by Grace Walter Performing a job that is based on “lived experience” at the young age of 23 has been difficult but rewarding to develop. For a period of time when I first began this job I was dealing with impostor syndrome, the feeling that you are not good...
