by Vermont Psychiatric Survivors | Mar 8, 2022 | Counterpoint, news
A report by Dario Pio Muccilli News of the apparently imminent demise of the pioneering, community-based mental health system in the Italian city of Trieste created an international shockwave last fall. Since then, activists and politicians have fought back, but only...
by Brett Yates | Mar 8, 2022 | Counterpoint, news
• In the fall, the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets and the Agency of Human Services announced the receipt of a USDA grant that will fund “expanded stress and mental health services” for Vermont farmers. The state-sponsored nonprofit Farm First will...
by Brett Yates | Mar 8, 2022 | Counterpoint, news
Last year, through Act 57, the General Assembly ordered a wide-ranging inquiry into the intersection of criminal justice and mental health in Vermont. The nature of mental health services in correctional settings comprised one area of concern. The legislation...
by Vermont Psychiatric Survivors | Dec 2, 2021 | Counterpoint, news
MONTPELIER – With new attention to the increases in emergency room use for mental health crises, a national expert was brought in for a conference this summer to advise local hospitals about improving the quality of care. He proposed a model called EmPath – emergency...
by Vermont Psychiatric Survivors | Dec 18, 2018 | Counterpoint, news
Counterpoint Winter 2018 • News • Page 7 MONTPELIER – The University of Vermont Health Network reported in late November that, according to its analysis, between 29 and 35 new psychiatric hospital beds are needed in Vermont. It has determined that these additional...
by Vermont Psychiatric Survivors | Dec 18, 2018 | Counterpoint, news
Counterpoint Winter 2018 • News • Page 6 BRATTLEBORO – A psychiatric survivor who had experienced injury at the hands of police teamed up with advocates in a presentation at a 2018 emergency services symposium focused on mental health and trauma-informed care. “It is...
