Consciousness Raising Discussion:
Focused on Recovery and Meeting the Needs of People within the Community
Mary Ellen Gottlieb
Albert Galves
Xenia Williams
Bill Newhall
Vermont State House
Room 11
Montpelier, Vermont
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
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Video recorded & edited by: Morgan W. Brown
Video camcorder courtesy of: Vermont Coalition for Disability Rights (VCDR): www.vcdr.org
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Description:
Ethan Allen Institute (EAI) 1/24/2008 "Don't Send Me to Waterbury!" Report Roundtable Video
Event held on Thursday, January 24, 2008: 12:15-1:30; Vermont State House, Room 11, Montpelier, Vermont, USA.
"A New State Mental Hospital, Or 'Recovery in Community'?"
This EAI hosted roundtable discussed "the crucial question of whether the state should replace the Vermont State Hospital by spending $100 million or more building one or more new psychiatric care facilities for 53 prospective patients – or shift the focus to community-based recovery programs for non-criminal patients."
Moderator: John McClaughry, President, Ethan Allen Institute
Panelists:
Michael Hartman, Commissioner of the Vermont Department of Mental Health (VT DMH) and formerly director Community Rehabilitation and Treatment (CRT) services for Washington County Mental Health Services (WCMHS).
Rep. Ann Donahue (R-Northfield), editor of CounterPoint -- a Vermont publication of news, commentary and arts by psychiatric survivors, mental health consumers and their families: www.vermontrecovery.com/counterpoint.html
James Leddy, former State Senate Health & Welfare Chair, Burlington
Dr. Albert Galves of Las Cruces, New Mexico. He is an authority on peer-run crisis intervention. He has a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology and is a licensed psychologist in Colorado, and is a member of the Board of Directors of the International Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology.
Read the EAI "Don't Send Me to Waterbury" report online at: www.ethanallen.org
For additional information concerning mental health and related matters within Vermont, visit the Beyond Vermont State Hospital (VSH) blog.
Video recorded & edited by: Morgan W. Brown Video camcorder courtesy of: Vermont Coalition for Disability Rights (VCDR): www.vcdr.org
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Google Video,
here]
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Note*: Replaced the initially posted part one (1) introductory video with the full length version; also added the video description as well; last updated on Friday, February 8, 208 at 3:07 AM [EST].
