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By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN
In one corner of the room rests a collection of perfume bottles and jewelry, while on the opposite side is a towering stack of DVDs. The walls are covered with artwork and paintings, framing a neatly made bed with tightly tucked sheets.This is Denise...
By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN
From the earliest days she can remember, Marcia Evans has been enchanted by horses.As a child, she dreamed of riding, but her father had a different vision for their family farm, focusing on cows for milking.Despite this, Marcia’s passion for riding...
By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN
After months of intense public debate, with Granite Staters on both sides of the legislation that would allow medical aid in dying, packing the room at every public hearing, the Senate voted on Thursday to kill the bill.“I think that the tragedy is...
By JIM DOREMUS
Jim Doremus is chair of the board at Riverbend Community Mental Health. He lives in Henniker. Mental health is a serious concern in every corner of the Granite State, but a relatively hidden problem is the high incidence of depression, anxiety and...
By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN
Boxes filled with tourniquets, sterile water, bagged cotton and all the necessary supplies for safe drug administration are neatly arranged on the table within the office space of the New Hampshire Harm Reduction Coalition in Concord.Every Thursday,...
By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN
New Hampshire’s efforts to fight suicide have made progress, with a consistent decline in suicide death rates since 2018, according to the recently published 2022 Annual Suicide Report.The report, compiled jointly by the National Alliance on Mental...
By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN
Phillip Kaneb, sporting a vibrant blue shirt with a sticker boldly stating “no suicide,” strolled around the State House’s hallways on Wednesday, pausing intermittently to admire the paintings hanging on the walls, his infectious smile bringing joy to...
By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN
The air whispered with a crisp chill, while the skies donned a cloak of somber gray, painting a typical Vermont scene caught in the days between the fading grasp of winter and spring’s hesitant arrival.For Barbara Filion, this was the day she had...
By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI
A lack of housing options forces many adults with intellectual disabilities to live at home with family, while others wait for a spot at a group home to clear. But what’s exceedingly rare and hard to find is independent living.A new project in...
By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN
A year after its initial veto, a bill advocating for the inclusion of an eating disorder helpline on student identification cards made a comeback, this time proposing a different helpline number linked to the National Alliance for Eating...
By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN
New Hampshire Hospital has expanded its bed capacity in an effort to stop boarding patients in hospital emergency rooms.The “E” unit at the inpatient psychiatric facility in Concord, originally designed for children, has undergone renovations to...
By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN
Mattresses, feminine hygiene products, food packaging and several other everyday items with added forever chemicals, may face a potential ban as a bill prohibiting their sale and distribution in New Hampshire progresses forward to the House of...
By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN
Stencils of hummingbirds rest on a bench in the quiet corner of the living room, their outlines traced onto paper. Beneath them, small canvases painted in a riot of colors held a message that read: “Keep a green tree in your heart and maybe a singing...
By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN
Dubbed by some as state-sanctioned suicide and by others as a means to alleviate the suffering of those with terminal illnesses, a bill providing end-of-life options heads to the full House of Representatives with a favorable recommendation.After...
By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN
Barbara Filion made her way carefully to the kitchen, sidestepping furniture, making sure her footing remained steady as she opened her freezer stocked with tubs of chocolate ice cream swirled with white chocolate.“This is the best!” she declared,...
By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNANand CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN
Shandi Elliott refuses to call the police when her teenage son faces a mental health crisis. She doesn’t want her son to end up arrested or hurt. Instead, she pins her hopes on the state’s mobile crisis unit to step in and help de-escalate the...
By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN
People in wheelchairs, others relying on crutches, some facing terminal illness and some caregivers packed a hearing Wednesday for a bill that would allow medically assisted dying in New Hampshire.While most of the attendees expressed support for...
By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN
Cordelia Dubois, a first grader at Abbot-Downing School in Concord, was unhappy when her mother told her some of the social and emotional learning classes that she enjoys might be coming to an end.So she took center stage at a hearing for House Bill...
By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN
Dennis Pratt envisions the end of his life with a joyous gathering of loved ones, filled with nostalgic reflections, shared cherished photos and accompanied by his favorite instrumental piece from the French composer Gabriel Fauré playing in the...
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...
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