A pair of sophomores at Bennington College had an idea for a new student organization this fall. They called it the Lucid Dream and Tea Club. Researchers have investigated lucid dreams’ effects on mental well-being for years. Some have concluded that they can ease...
When Wendy Shapiro thinks about inpatient psychiatric care, she thinks about her aunt, Shirley. Shirley “always had a special place in my heart,” Shapiro recalled. “My mom and dad would always have her and her boyfriend come over to play cards and eat dinner at...
The Howard Center Arts Collective kept busy in the second half of 2023, starting with a show at the Flynndog Gallery that ran from August through September. Sponsored by Chittenden County’s community mental health center, the Arts Collective, by its own description,...
The World Health Organization’s International Classification of Diseases recognized “burn-out” in 2019 as “a syndrome conceptualized as resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed.” A year later, as frontline workers scrambled to...
Commentary by Laura Shanks “Say what you want, it is a jail. Am I locked up? Yes. Are their guards? Yes. Can I leave? No.” “I think the whole system is a mess. No one has explained anything to me.” “I just feel very controlled. If I had been given the option to leave...
