They Are Us, Show 4: They Are Us
How should people live long-term in our state if they have a serious mental illness? The hope is that they’ll find ways to integrate into their communities with support, but that’s proven tough to accomplish. In this show we look at the challenges in our community mental health care system.Featuring:
Ken Libertoff, former director of the Vermont Association for Mental Health
Anne Donahue, state representative from Northfield and Berlin, editor of Counterpoint
Greg Mairs, operational director of adult services at Counseling Service of Addison County
Mary Moulton, executive director of Washington County Mental Health Services
Michael Hartman, adult mental health director at Lamoille County Mental Health
Connie Stabler, mother and Howard Center board member
Louis Josephson, president and CEO of Brattleboro Retreat
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This show is part of a seven-part series I produced for Vermont Public Radio called They Are Us, which features personal stories from inside the state's mental healthcare system.
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Credits:
Series Advisor: Dillon Burns, mental health services director at Vermont Care Partners
Series Associate Producers: Clare Dolan, Mark Davis
Series Executive Director: Sarah Ashworth
VPR Advisors: Franny Bastian and John Dillon
Mixing: Chris Albertine
Digital Producer: Meg Malone
Series Logo: Aaron Shrewsbury
Picture: Anne Donahue knockin it out of the park
Music for this series is by two excellent Montreal-based bands: Godspeed You! Black Emporer and Esmerine.
Special thanks to the awesome Bruce CawdronFor more information about the series, visit VPR. You'll find the series schedule and resources.Very big thanks to the following people for their knowledge, time and advice: M.T. Anderson, Melissa Bailey, Gretchen Brown, Seleem Choudhury, Anne Clement, Jimmy Dennison, Isabelle Desjardins, Laurie Emerson, Deb Fleischman, Laura Flint, Al Gobeille, Alix Goldschmidt, Gary Gordon, Keith Grier, Heather Houle, Jenniflower, Karen Kurrle, Lt. Maurice Lamothe, Sabrina Leal, Fran Levine, Martie Majoros, Jack McCullough, Mark McGee, Megan McKeever, Betsy Morse, Bess O'Brien, Roxanne Pearson, Julie Potter and her beautiful daughter, Malaika Puffer, Michael Rousse, Marla Simpson, Montpelier Senior Activity Center, Sandy Steingard, Tony Stevens, Cindy Tabor, Gloria Vandenberg, Konstantin von Krusenstiern.