More mental health advocacy groups are speaking out against Maine’s so-called progressive treatment program following the Thanksgiving Day murder of Gabriel Damour in Poland.
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Butterfield case highlights disagreements between advocates on treatment for people with serious mental illnesses
Families of loved ones with serious mental illnesses say the state’s disability advocacy organization has stood in the way of expanding services.
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Poland woman points finger at Maine’s mental health system for not preventing murder
Yaicha Provencher says she was never told about a long-term treatment program available in Maine, despite her ex-boyfriend’s many hospitalizations.
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Widespread outage shuts down 988 mental health hotline that launched this summer
‘We’ve taken immediate action to ensure alternative 988 channels are available to the public,’ HHS spokeswoman Sarah Lovenheim tweeted.
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Mayor says NYC will treat mentally ill, even if they refuse
Hospitals, outreach workers and first responders, including police, will be allowed to involuntarily hospitalize anyone they deem dangerous. Critics say it’s a crackdown on the mentally ill and the homeless.
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Friends, family of Poland murder suspect say they desperately sought help
Justin Butterfield, 34, accused of killing his older brother in a grisly Thanksgiving Day slaying in Poland, has been in and out of mental health facilities for schizophrenia treatment, those close to him say.
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Brunswick Veterans Day event honors those who served, while highlighting struggles
Sen. Angus King and local military veterans honored members of the armed services in Brunswick Friday morning during an event that also highlighted the group’s high rates of mental illness.
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Mindfulness worked as well as standard drug for treating anxiety, study shows
The study tested a widely used mindfulness program that includes 2½ hours of classes weekly and 45 minutes of daily practice at home.
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From the Chamber: Removing the taboo from mental health at work
Two things before we get into the follow-up to last week’s column about mental health: First, thank you to all of those who reached out with kind words about bringing the topic up; I thought it would resonate but I didn’t realize just how much. Secondly, and this is so vital to remember, I’m not […]
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From the Chamber: If you don’t talk about it, it’s not real
Screenwriter and playwright Aaron Sorkin is one of my favorite writers, period. His work includes “The West Wing,” “A Few Good Men,” “The American President,” HBO’s “The Newsroom” (which has one of the greatest monologues of all time presented by Jeff Daniels) and many other credits — including a re-write of “To Kill a Mockingbird,” […]