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By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN
Jessica Renda didn’t realize that things were about to get difficult when her eldest daughter was discharged last summer from New Hampshire Hospital, a state-run psychiatric facility.After treatment for her mental health illness, Renda’s daughter, now...
By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN
Longstanding deficiencies with the state’s mental health system may have reached a turning point in 2023 as government and industry leaders worked to address issues such as timely access to care and a new investment of resources.One lingering problem...
By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN
In the aftermath of the fatal New Hampshire Hospital shooting two weeks ago, the state Department of Safety is spearheading a comprehensive security review across all state facilities.Recommendations include emergency operation training and...
By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN
The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services is organizing a series of public forums next month to elicit feedback on community-based services catering to older adults and individuals with disabilities.This initiative, funded through the...
By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN
In a disappointment to disability rights advocates, the state Supreme Court vacated a ruling that gave a Gilford student access to previously denied home services when she was under the age of 21 and in school.The court considered an appeal from the...
By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN
Last year’s keynote speaker at the annual conference of the state’s Suicide Prevention Council was removed by police from this year’s event for trespassing after showing up with a sign criticizing the state’s mental health system.Wearing a sign that...
By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN
Karen Privé has been struggling with her mental health since she was just six years old.Now 52 years old, with a successful long-term marriage, cherished roles as a stepmother and grandmother, and a career in research administration thanks to her...
By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN
In a move to restructure New Hampshire’s mental health system, state officials are making investments aimed at eliminating the longstanding practice of boarding patients with mental illness in hospital emergency departments.As part of the “Mission...
By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN
Still two years away, the completion of a new secure mental health hospital in Concord won’t be the right setting for some individuals held in correctional facilities with acute mental illness.“Not all of the patients in SPU [secure psychiatric unit]...
By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN
The intent of a new 24-bed psychiatric facility in Concord is to provide a safe and secure environment for patients – individuals who are currently or would potentially be residing in the secure psychiatric unit of the men’s prison.“Although...
By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN
Waiting for 11 days in the emergency room was the worst period of Patrick Dowling’s life.Dowling, like hundreds of other patients with mental illnesses in New Hampshire, had to wait in a hospital emergency department for more than a week before...
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