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After Newtown: Mental Illness, Stigma And Resources

Mourners arrive at a funeral service for 6-year-old Noah Pozner, Monday, Dec. 17, 2012, in Fairfield, Conn. Pozner was killed
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Mourners arrive at a funeral service for 6-year-old Noah Pozner, Monday, Dec. 17, 2012, in Fairfield, Conn. Pozner was killed
Mourners arrive at a funeral service for 6-year-old Noah Pozner, Monday, Dec. 17, 2012, in Fairfield, Conn. Pozner was killed

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Efforts to explain the Newtown, Ct., shootings have coalesced around mental health care. But some providers worry about drawing too close of a connection between violence and mental illness. On the next Vermont Edition, we look at mental health services in Vermont, and whether or not the right care is getting to people at the right time. Our guests are Dr. Jay Batra, a psychiatrist with the Department of the Mental Health, and Ted Mable, executive director of the Northwestern Counseling and Support Services in St. Albans. We also hear from NAMI-Vt, the National Alliance on Mental Illness.

Also in the program, Lake Champlain's trout. The lake has a robust trout population but the annual census has consistently revealed that almost all of the adult lake trout have been raised in hatcheries and been stocked. Ellen Marsden, UVM professor of fisheries, discusses the research she and her students have done to try to determine the cause and the repercussions.

Jane Lindholm is the host, executive producer and creator of But Why: A Podcast For Curious Kids. In addition to her work on our international kids show, she produces special projects for Vermont Public. Until March 2021, she was host and editor of the award-winning Vermont Public program Vermont Edition.
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