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By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Armed security guards will become a new presence at New Hampshire Hospital, the state’s psychiatric facility in Concord following a fatal shooting in November 2023, when a security guard stationed in the hospital lobby was killed by a former patient at the hospital.

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Psychiatrist John Hinck was on duty at New Hampshire Hospital on November 17, 2023, when gunfire shattered the routine of the state’s largest psychiatric facility. He recalled sheltering in place with the staff and patients, only to find later security officer Bradley Haas killed in the lobby.

By CLARE SHANAHAN

LEBANON — Dartmouth Health and partners across the state are working to address New Hampshire’s shortage of behavioral health care workers — which is especially acute in rural areas — by increasing training opportunities for students.DH is using $1.29...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Riverbend Community Mental Health is set to open a 12-bed facility in Concord, providing much-needed housing and on-site care for adults dealing with acute mental health challenges.Located at 278 Pleasant Street, the facility will offer 24/7 staffing,...

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...

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The Vermont Department of Mental Health is seeking input into the idea of implementing the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics model in Vermont. The clinics provide holistic care for people of all ages and aim to...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Gavin Dubois sometimes doesn’t have the words to express how he feels. But when he picks up a pair of drumsticks, he can read his emotions as clearly as notes on a sheet of music. Amid the sounds of the snare, the melodies of his marimba, his rage...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

HANOVER — At the end of the second week of fall term classes, roughly 500 members of the Dartmouth College community gathered the evening of Sept. 23 in front of Baker-Berry Library to listen to the college’s president, chaplain and student leaders...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

HANOVER — Dartmouth College officials on Friday said they are rolling back some COVID-19 restrictions in dorms to allow students more opportunities to socialize with each other following the third unexpected death this school year of a member of the...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

CONCORD — A federal court judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Dartmouth-Hitchcock brought by a physician who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder and alleged that D-H discriminated against her when it fired her in 2015.Dr. Lacey Colligan...

By EmmaJean Holley

Musing on the slipperiness of identity, the poet Rainer Maria Rilke once wrote, “It never occurred to me before how many faces there are.” If each person has a good several faces, he reasoned, then there are many more faces in the world than there are...