Mental health
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PublishedMay 13, 2018
Commentary: A broken mental health system
Helping those suffering from mental illness or substance abuse will require empathy, commitment and funding from the public and private sectors.
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PublishedMay 2, 2018
Our View: Training of employees, public helps remove stigma of mental illness
Legislators should override the governor's veto of a bill to expand school-based resources for at-risk students.
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PublishedApril 16, 2018
Maine Voices: For healthy lives, youth need sense of belonging, connectedness
The disconnectedness our kids feel can allow emotional struggles to fester into personal crisis.
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PublishedApril 13, 2018
Our View: Maine’s other public health crisis – suicide
Policymakers should be alarmed by a suicide rate that outpaces the regional and U.S. rates.
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PublishedApril 10, 2018
New definition for Alzheimer’s may help speed up diagnoses
Scientists are proposing that the disease be based on biological signs, rather than symptoms, as biological signs can show up 15 to 20 years before symptoms.
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PublishedApril 6, 2018
Portland Sen. Dion: Time for Maine to enact ‘red flag’ law for public safety
States with similar regulations have seen reductions in gun violence, the Democratic Blaine House hopeful says.
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PublishedMarch 25, 2018
Haunted by ‘imposter,’ bedridden artist feels helpless, but keeps fighting
With her mind seemingly taken hostage, the Lyman woman seeks some diagnosis that, like her art, would create a sense of order from the chaos.
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PublishedMarch 16, 2018
Maine Voices: Media mislead, stigmatize by broadly linking mental illness to violence
There are many types and degrees of mind disorders, and those who have them are rarely a threat to others.
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PublishedMarch 16, 2018
Our View: Corrections system failing Maine children
Claims that excessive force was used against an 11-year-old are just the latest issue at the Long Creek Youth Development Center.
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PublishedMarch 8, 2018
Our View: Only one question answered by police shooting probe
A man died in an instant, but the events that led to his death had been unfolding for months.
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