New Staff Announced

New Staff Announced

RUTLAND – Vermont Psychiatric Survivors has announced the start of two new peer outreach staff. Mariah Sullivan Mariah Sullivan has joined VPS as a patient representative for southern Vermont. She holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a master’s degree in...
Forensic Care Working Group at Loggerheads

Forensic Care Working Group at Loggerheads

After receiving an extension on a pair of reports owed to the state legislature earlier this year, the Vermont Department of Mental Health (DMH) offered an update in July to the General Assembly’s Joint Legislative Justice Oversight Committee on the progress – or lack...
Self-Neglect Cases on the Rise

Self-Neglect Cases on the Rise

The annual number of referrals for self-neglect received by Adult Protective Services (APS), a subdivision of the Vermont Department of Disabilities, Aging, and Independent Living (DAIL), increased by 50% between 2017 and 2021. The major jump occurred in 2020, when...

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