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Commentary: School-based clinicians on front lines of youth mental health crisis

by Eva Rivers Blethen Special to the Press Herald May 18, 2023May 17, 2023

Through direct school-based behavioral health services, Maine students are able to learn coping and regulation skills. Those skills are needed more than ever.

Local & State, News

Maine children continue to struggle in pandemic’s wake

by Lana Cohen April 25, 2023April 26, 2023

More youths are facing mental health, academic and housing instability problems than before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report by the Maine Children’s Alliance.

Op-eds, Opinion

Commentary: It’s time to talk about fentanyl ingestion in children

by Lawrence R. Ricci Special to the Press Herald April 11, 2023April 10, 2023

The first problem is failure to test for fentanyl when a drug test is ordered. The second problem is timely recognition and treatment of opioid ingestion in children, which is nowhere near as rare as we like to think.

Op-eds, Opinion

Commentary: We have a child labor crisis, not a worker shortage

by Jessica Martinez and Marcy Goldstein-Gelb Progressive Perspectives April 11, 2023April 10, 2023

There’s a reason employers are hiring children in increasing numbers: With less information, less power and fewer options, they are easier to exploit.

Op-eds, Opinion

Commentary: Maine is an outlier for youth psychiatric treatment

by Danielle Parent Special to the Press Herald March 29, 2023March 28, 2023

L.D. 181 would require DHHS to eliminate the barriers to providing residential care for Maine young people closer to home.

Editorials, Opinion

Our View: Give young psychiatric patients somewhere to go

by The Editorial Board March 23, 2023March 22, 2023

Legislating for new mental health facilities may not sit well with everyone. We should be far more uncomfortable with the alternative: leaving vulnerable young Mainers hanging in the balance.