MONTPELIER – A years-long legislative effort to create a separate forensic mental health system culminated in the passage of a law that will, by next summer, turn the four and five-bed units of the Vermont Psychiatric Care Hospital into a locked “therapeutic community...
Report by Anne Donahue The commission charged with analyzing police shootings when a mental health issue is involved has reported that officers acted appropriately – or even were deserving of praise – when they confronted Mark Johnson in June of 2019 and attempted to...
$18 Million from Hospital To Be Shifted MONTPELIER – An $18 million fund left over after construction of new inpatient psychiatric beds by the University of Vermont Health Network was determined to be too costly will now be spent on a broader range of services. UVMHN...
BURLINGTON – Howard Center, the agency serving people with mental health diagnoses and developmental disabilities in Chittenden County, will cease to offer representative payee services as of July 1, leaving clients in a financial pinch. A representative payee is a...
Commentary by Anne Donahue Almost 25 years. That’s how long it’s been since I took on the job as editor of Counterpoint. This is my final issue; I’m retiring this month. The changes over that time in the psychiatric survivor world have been a kaleidoscope of the good...
