Mental health

Behind one local farmer’s decision to turn her goat-dairy into a sanctuary offering animal-assisted therapies.

A 2026 Girl Scout report reveals the challenges of girlhood and what can be done about it.

With the closure of Randolph’s Clara Martin residential facility on June 30th, Capstone seeks out new locations for shelters.

“I don’t think all of it is ever going to be healed, but the only thing I can do now is do better,” Rosa said.

H.817 would also help educators learn how to support students with substance abuse challenges.

Experts say that being outdoors, whether it’s sunny or cloudy, has health benefits.

Two bills under consideration would regulate chatbots and restrict AI in psychotherapy

Mental health and substance abuse treatment facility expanding number of beds and programs, including culinary opportunities.

Poa Mutino of the Rainbow Bridge Community Center discusses the nonprofit’s strengths and struggles.

Proponents of bill H.270 say frontline workers need a place to process on-the-job stress.

Andrew Wyslotsky is a chef in Winooski and an avid fly fisherman. He started fly fishing in 2020, and it quickly became an essential part of his mental health.

Researchers have studied how greenspace influences human health. These forest bathing participants find benefit in surrounding themselves with nature.

Rutland area residents who have struggled with addiction are writing their way to recovery in a unique workshop.

“The ultimate mission of Josh’s House is to end veteran suicide. We recognize that one of the biggest ways to do that is through connections, ” Executive Director Andrea Gagner-Murphy said.

A third of Vermont high schoolers described recently struggling with mental health when they answered the state’s latest survey of youth risk behavior.

As safeguards to ensure a degree of local input, Scott is calling for the creation of local school advisory councils, which his proposal states will “promote high levels of community engagement.”

The state advisory group plans to keep monitoring research and policy around psilocybin nationwide.

“Prisons are the least transparent and most understudied public institutions in the country. So doing research inside prisons — people just don’t do it, and therefore they’re like these black boxes.”

Now the Vermont Department for Children and Families is perhaps two months away from setting up temporary quarters in Middlesex in a state complex most recently used for inpatient mental health.

Nearly one in five positions sits empty within Washington County’s state-designated mental health provider.

House Democrats’ latest push for a paid leave bill comes with a new addition: It would provide paid time off for people experiencing sexual or domestic violence. 

MONTPELIER — The Montpelier Roxbury Public School district is partnering with Talkspace, an online therapy platform, to deal with the growing need for mental health services in Vermont, particularly among youth. Superintendent Libby Bonesteel said the partnership came about after community members expressed concerns that there weren’t enough mental health providers in the area, especially […]

The Mad Pride March returned to Vermont this summer after the COVID-19 pandemic turned mental health advocacy virtual.