Need for mental health services in New Hampshire grows amid pandemic
Providers try to meet demand for services Share Updated: 6:41 PM EST Mar 11, 2021
Providers try to meet demand for services Share Updated: 6:41 PM EST Mar 11, 2021
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Show Transcript BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CENTERS TRY TO KEEP UP WITH DEMAND. WMUR’S KRISTEN CAROSA HAS MORE ON THEIR CONTINUED CONCERNS. NEW HAMPSHIRE HAS BEEN DEALING WITH A SHORTAGE OF MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS AND THE PANDEMIC HAS MADE THE PROBLEM WORSE. NOW WE ARE IN THIS PLACE WHERE THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE SATURATING THE SYSTEM BECAUSE OF THE NEED TO, WHETHER THE COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM, PRIVATE PROVIDERS ARE STRUGGLING TO MEET THE NEED. NOT ONLY ARE THERE MORE PEOPLE WHO NEED HELP, MENTAL HEALTH WORKERS HAVE BEEN IMPACTED TOO. THE WORKFORCE BECAME EVEN MORE CHALLENGING AS PEOPLE POTENTIALLY NEEDED TO LEAVE BECAUSE THEY NEEDED TO BE HOME WITH CHILDREN. IT’S SOME
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Red’s Good Vibes food truck to serve free meals on the Seacoast
By Angeljean Chiaramida
Losing a brother is devastating, but three siblings are turning the tragedy into a celebration of serving others, as they know their brother would have wanted.
The McGrath sisters, Caitlin and Meghan, along with their brother Michael Dupont were desolate when their youngest brother, Robert, was taken from them in the fall of 2017 at only 29. There were tears and grief, of course, but soon a sense of purpose took hold, a desire to bring to fruition their brother’s long-held aspirations.
“He was 6-foot-1 and had red hair, so we called him Red,” said Caitlin McGrath-Levesque, the daughter of Robert and Judith McGrath of Connecticut. “We are a super close family; we do everything together. When Red died, we were searching for a way to merge his dreams and our need to honor him. ”