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Bill calls for 4 mental health centers to be alternative to emergency rooms

The National Alliance on Mental Illness backs the measure calling for four ‘assessment centers’ for stays as long as three days.

A Florida diversion program for people with serious mental illness should be studied by the Maine Attorney General’s Office.

by Patrick McCarthy Special to the Press Herald January 31, 2019January 30, 2019

Maine can learn from other states that are following the four Rs: reduce, reform, replace, reinvest.

by The Editorial Board January 30, 2019January 30, 2019

More access to care could head off crises and keep officers from having to be called at all, a new study suggests. But will we follow through?

by Los Angeles Times January 15, 2019January 15, 2019

The band’s April album release will mark its final record in a career spanning three decades.

The Editorial Board’s call to close Long Creek stirs memories of the fallout from the closure of the Children’s Psychiatric Hospital.

Correct Care Solutions of Tennessee agreed to the incoming governor’s request not to sign the contract drawn up by the LePage administration.

by kate goldfield Special to the Press Herald January 7, 2019January 7, 2019

Gov. Mills should restore the mental health services that were cut under her Republican predecessor.

by Zach Bauder Special to The Seattle Times January 2, 2019January 1, 2019

This Gen Z kid – like most – has the world in the palm of his hand, but he learns more by putting the phone down.

by Steve Cartwright Special to the Telegram December 30, 2018December 29, 2018

Rather than avoid what is undeniably a painful subject, it is high time we all started talking frankly about it.