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,...
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...
Commentary by ANONYMOUS I’ve been thinking about the question from the reader poll in the fall Counterpoint: Does Vermont need a forensic psychiatric hospital? A separate place from a regular psychiatric hospital? I’ve been giving this a lot of thought. If you think...
Mental Anguish Versus Mental Illness Thanks for this, and for the article on Any Given Day… I agreed with you on almost every point. Thepremise of the film is that Mental Illness is Real… an a priori with which I take issue. The fact is thatsmoking weed or pcp or...
A New Legislative Session Begins in January: Writing Letters to the Editor Is One Way to Have Your Voice Heardby Morgan W. Brown “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” –...
QUESTION: Does Vermont need a forensic psychiatric hospital? A forensic psychiatric hospital would house and treat criminal defendants who’ve been adjudicated incompetent to stand trial or found not guilty by reason of insanity. Vermont does not currently have...
