On Jan. 18, Gov. Scott released his budget proposal for fiscal year 2023. It calls for $7.7 billion in spending by the state, which would represent an increase of $350 million over the previous year. The executive budget recommends an appropriation of $287,273,887 for...
The Vermont Department of Mental Health (DMH) aims to increase in-state capacity for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255) in advance of the nationwide launch of its new, easy-to-remember three-digit dialing code. In 2020, the FCC directed...
Since the start of the pandemic, the Hearing Voices Network USA (HVN-USA) has expanded its Zoom-based peer support for those who hear voices and experience visions. While the Omicron surge did not fully shut down in-person meetings, most groups have moved online,...
An upcoming documentary intends to shed light on inequities in the mental health system that affect rural areas. But to capture the full scope of the problem, the filmmakers know they’ll need help. Discarded America – which could take the form of a feature film or a...
According to data from the Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems Network Services Organization (VAHHS-NSO), Vermont’s hospitals’ psychiatric units recorded 2,501 new adult inpatient stays in federal fiscal year 2021 (FFY21), from Oct. 1, 2020, to Sept....
A report by Dario Pio Muccilli News of the apparently imminent demise of the pioneering, community-based mental health system in the Italian city of Trieste created an international shockwave last fall. Since then, activists and politicians have fought back, but only...
