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Community Health addresses Mental Health Crisis with new staff, programs

Partnering With Come Alive Outside Passport to Recovery, Zero Suicide Initiatives Vermont Business Magazine “We are in the midst of a mental health crisis,” said Community Health Behavioral Health Director Christopher Chadwick. “Not only are we dealing with mental health issues, but we are also seeing an increase in overdose deaths across the state,” Chadwick said. Community Health is partnering with several state and local agencies to raise the importance of recognizing symptoms of potential suicide and to provide the community with the skilled professionals and resources to address behavioral health illnesses like depression, anxiety and addiction recovery. Recent data indicates that Vermont is on pace to set record high cases of drug overdose deaths, Chadwick said. “Isolation, fear, the pandemic and the increase in stress - we are seeing a lot of that play out as an increase in self harm and death by suicide,” he added. As of October 2020, there were 93 suicide d

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