Articles, Leading Stories
Vermont establishes mental health urgent care centers as alternatives to emergency departments
By Danielle Ray
Vermont is addressing the ever-growing mental health crisis with a forward-thinking idea –mental health urgent care centers across the state, including an inaugural one...
NE states consider legalizing Psilocybin
By Beth Negus Viveiros
Bills that could decriminalize psilocybin for therapeutic purposes are under consideration in several New England states.
Psilocybin is the primary psychoactive compound...
Vermont aims for passage of prescriptive authority bill in 2024
By Andrew Cromarty
Could this help the prescriber shortage?
In 2017, Connecticut sought to join New Mexico,...
Study: Vets show decrease in suicidal thoughts, behaviors during pandemic
By Susan Gonsalves
Subset group has these experiences for first time
Some evidence suggests the COVID-19 pandemic led to increases in loneliness, isolation, substance use, and...
Report: 95 percent of prison population has mental health, substance use disorders
By Susan Gonsalves
CT Sentencing Commission aims for data to assist policymakers
A 2023 report from the Connecticut Sentencing Commission found that 95.5 percent of the...
Treatment varies for people with hoarding disorder
By Phyllis Hanlon
More practitioners needed in field
The problem of hoarding went relatively unnoticed as a behavioral issue until the first systematic study of the condition was...
Flood of anti-transgender legislation takes mental health toll on population
By Eileen Weber
Study: One in three report poor mental health often or always
Republicans have launched a series...
Study: Homelessness higher in specific demographics
By Eileen Weber
Blacks, Indigenous are most affected
More than 3.5 million Americans experience the public health...
Institutional structures can help drive inequities, study says
By Andrew Cromarty
Person-centering may help counter trend
Organizational structures in mental health care may shape staff perceptions and behaviors in biased ways—usually...
Bill would provide peer mental health support
By Danielle Ray
Representative Becca Balint’s (D-Vermont at-large District) very first bill introduced in Washington D.C. addresses mental health support for kids. She said it will not be...