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By NORA DOYLE-BURR

PLAINFIELD — One day in this past May, Susan Kahn, a 77-year-old Plainfield resident, was unable to get up.Her husband, Chris Rollins, called 911. She was unconscious with heart palpitations and says there were no Upper Valley cardiologists available...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

LEBANON — Dartmouth Health continues to see a financial loss on operations, but the red ink has subsided substantially since last year, according to filings with bondholders last week.For the first quarter of fiscal year 2024, which ended Sept. 30, DH...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

If New Hampshire chooses to legalize recreational marijuana, the focal point should be redirecting revenue from marijuana sales toward public health and social justice programs, mental health and public policy advocates said.“What we have to...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Friday afternoon was not John Madore’s first visit to the New Hampshire Hospital, the state’s secure psychiatric facility in Concord.He was admitted to the 185-bed hospital on Clinton Street in January 2016 because police and his family believed he...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

The suspect and one victim are dead following a shooting Friday afternoon at New Hampshire Hospital, the state psychiatric facility on Clinton Street in Concord, authorities said.An emergency call about an active shooter came in at 3:38 p.m.,...

By AIDAN BEAROR

A busy travel season and a series of natural disasters left the Red Cross with a blood shortage in September. With the holidays and even more travel on the horizon, the organization is looking to combat another potential lack of donations. According...

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

Sara Hoey knows the profound pain of losing her only child. Laura Christy endured the sorrow of saying goodbye to her beloved husband. Lauranne Wingard, in her own way, has suffered the loss of her childhood.What unites the three women is the presence...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Heidi Pauer’s work-life balance went askew as her life circumstances shifted, leaving her mentally drained.She wanted to get her priorities sorted and get back on track.“I just needed something to shift because what was working before wasn’t working...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Lisa Madden sees progress in the state’s collaborative efforts to better handle and de-escalate volatile mental health crisis situations without the use of deadly force.By engaging in collaborative efforts and leveraging the expertise of both law...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

As the state works to strengthen its mental health care system, the Concord School District will receive nearly $1 million to support school and family mental health services.The federal grant will expand the school district’s existing partnership...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Flanked by an armed security guard and two nurses, Sarah was escorted through the hallways and waiting rooms at Elliot Hospital after she overdosed in January.She was held involuntarily and moved to a secure holding area with two separate doors, each...

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

With evident frustration, Governor Chris Sununu openly criticized the state Board of Mental Health Practice for its failure to implement rules to adopt new license types to reduce the workforce shortage in the field and issued a deadline of one month...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

The clock never ticks the same way twice for those answering the phones at the state’s Rapid Response Access Point. Certain calls end within 20 minutes, while others stretch up to two hours as agents provide support to callers navigating a mental...

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...

By NINA MOSKE

Clouded vision. Constrained fingers. Muted sounds of static, laughter and indistinct voices.Attendees of a free training program at Granite Ledges of Concord altered their senses to experience a taste of life with dementia. The event, organized for...