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Committee hears survey showing high rates of co-occurring mental-health needs among people in developmental services
Summary
Presenters told the House Human Services Committee that nearly half of people receiving home- and community-based developmental services have full-syndrome mental-health diagnoses, trauma histories are common, and crisis-stabilization capacity is limited.
Delia Yorkin, executive director of Champlain Community Services, told the House Human Services Committee on Jan. 30 that nearly half of Vermonters receiving home- and community-based developmental services have a co-occurring mental-health diagnosis and that trauma is widespread among the population the system serves.
"About half the people served in developmental disability service systems, high 45 percent or so, have a co-occurring mental illness," Yorkin said, summarizing results from a point-in-time survey her network conducts each October. She said the survey tracks five domains—co-occurring…
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