CHP Names Psychotherapist to Behavioral Health Team

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Rachel Duvall
GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Rachel Duvall, a licensed social worker, has been named to Community Health Programs' behavioral health team. 
 
She will be based at CHP Lee Family Practice. 
 
Most recently employed as a psychotherapist/social worker with Counseling Center in the Berkshires in Pittsfield, Duvall provides individual, family and couples counseling, collaborating as needed with medical and psychiatric professionals on behalf of clients.
 
At Bard College at Simon's Rock, Duvall was an adjunct professor of psychology, program director of RISE (Rockers for Intervention, Support & Education) and deputy Title IX coordinator.
 
She has also worked as a social worker and coordinator for a school-based counseling program and in community-based mental health settings. 
 
She earned her master's degree in social work from New York University's Silver School of Social Work, and she also holds a master of fine arts in acting from the National Theatre Conservancy in Denver, Colo. She earned her bachelor of science degree in theater performance, with associated study in psychology, from the University of Evansville in Indiana, where she graduated with honors.
 
A Great Barrington resident, she is a volunteer with Multicultural BRIDGE.
 

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Elevated Mercury Level Found in Center Pond Fish

BECKET, Mass. — The state Department of Public Health has issued an advisory after a mercury-contaminated fish was found in Center Pond. 
 
According to a letter sent to the local Board of Health from the Division of Environmental Toxicology, Hazard Assessment and Prevention, elevated levels of mercury were measured in the sample taken from the pond. 
 
The concentration in the fish exceeded DPH's action level of 0.5 milligrams per kilogram, or parts per million. 
 
"This indicates that daily consumption of fish from the waterbody may pose a health concern. Therefore, DPH has issued a FCA for Center Pond recommending that sensitive populations should not eat chain pickerel and all other people should limit consumption of chain pickerel to 2 meals/month," the letter states.
 
The letter specifically points to chain pickerel, but the 60-acre pond also has largemouth and smallmouth bass and yellow perch.
 
The "sensitive populations" include children younger than 12, those who are nursing, pregnant, or who may become pregnant.
 
The Toxicology Division recommends reducing intake of "large, predatory fish" or fish that feed on the bottoms of waterbodies, such as largemouth bass and carp. More information on safely eating fish can be found here
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