The Vermont Department of Mental Health (DMH) is proud to unveil the Suicide Prevention Platform to address the urgent issue of suicide prevention in Vermont. The Platform, created in collaboration with the Center for Health and Learning, will be […]
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Decisive action needed on deaths of despair
By Tanya Vyhovsky Editor’s note: State Rep. Tanya Vyhovsky, P/D-Essex, is a licensed independent clinical social worker, works in the public school system, and has a private counseling practice in her hometown of Essex. September was Suicide Awareness Month, and […]
Vermont agencies, VA collaborate on Zero Suicide initiative
The White River Junction Veteran Affairs Medical Center (WRJ VAMC) is collaborating with the Vermont Department of Mental Health, the Center for Health and Learning and the Vermont Suicide Prevention Center to address the rising suicide rate in the State […]
Lawmakers weigh suicide prevention measures at Quechee Gorge, eight in eight years have died
Lawmakers weigh suicide prevention measures at Quechee Gorge, eight in eight years have died By Elizabeth Hewitt, VTDigger.org Before Regina-Anne Cooper’s 21-year-old son died by suicide in 2011, he might have had second thoughts. The mother told lawmakers Tuesday, March […]