In Montpelier, Judge Steven Leifman of Florida keynoted what the Vermont Judiciary Commission on Mental Health and the Courts called its first annual summit. Leifman’s speech described how Miami-Dade County’s decision to prioritize mental health treatment for...
For several years, Vermont’s hospitals have reported increases in emergency department visits for mental health. Downtown Montpelier has a new option for people in distress who need help immediately. At Washington County Mental Health Services’ Access Hub, that help...
Vermont Care Partners, Green Mountain Self-Advocates, and the Vermont Developmental Disabilities Council gathered on the State House lawn to honor Vermont’s direct support professionals on Sept. 12. DSPs assist people with developmental, intellectual, and psychiatric...
Vermont’s Mental Health Integration Council held its last meeting in September. It will submit its final recommendations to lawmakers in January. The state legislature created the Council in 2020 to help incorporate “mental health into a holistic health care system.”...
Under the title “Reshaping Mental Health Systems Through Integration,” the Vermont Department of Mental Health held its first annual conference since the COVID-19 pandemic at the Killington Grand Hotel on Oct. 19. Self-identified psychiatric survivors jointly or...
The Vermont Department for Children and Families has plans to develop five new youth facilities to replace Essex’s Woodside Juvenile Rehabilitation Center, which shuttered in 2020 amid a dwindling inmate population and reports of abuse by staff. One of them will reuse...
