Kennebec Behavioral Health intends to use $750,000 in funding secured by U.S. Sen. Angus King to support the services it offers at 5 community clinics.
mental health
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Maine wants to keep housing some criminal defendants with mental illness in prison
Maine State Prison is better equipped than psychiatric hospitals to help certain defendants who have been ruled incompetent to stand trial, the Department of Corrections and DHHS say.
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Our View: Sharpened focus on mental health will improve gun laws
Testimony before the Legislature’s Judiciary Committee last week rightly focused the superiority of the red flag law and the imperative to reduce the state suicide rate.
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Lewiston mass shooter had a brain injury. Experts say that may not explain his violence.
An Army spokesperson on Thursday called the lab findings regarding Robert Card ‘concerning’ and said they ‘underscore the Army’s need to do all it can to protect Soldiers against blast-induced injury.’
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Local & State
Tri-County Mental Health in Lewiston is at risk of closing; Spurwink looks to acquire it
Spurwink President Eric Meyer said if Spurwink does not acquire Tri-County, then it could be closed by the end of March.
Posted inNorthern Forecaster, The Forecaster
KyleCares officer named Greely Student of the Month
Greely High School student Finlay “Fin” McLean recently received the honor of Student of the Month from the Cumberland/North Yarmouth Lions Club. As an officer of the student mental health awareness group KyleCares, McLean works to end the stigma around mental illness and offer support for those in the Greely community who may need it. […]
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Lewiston survivors implore commission to prevent another mass shooting
More than a dozen survivors of the Oct. 25 mass shooting testified Monday, recalling the trauma of that night and asking the commission to prevent it from happening again.
Posted inHealth, Local & State
Mental health crisis center in Portland could serve as model for state network
The Living Room at Spurwink has averaged 172 unique visitors per month over the last year. It’s now being looked at as a model for a statewide expansion of mental health services in the wake of the Lewiston mass shooting.
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A promising tennis star lost a painful mental health battle. Her parents want her story told.
For a tennis standout with a promising future, the pandemic did more than strip Grace Campanella of her last high school season and her momentum. Her darkest hour came last month in Wells.
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Maine’s yellow flag law has been invoked nearly once a day since Lewiston mass shooting
Before the tragic events of Oct. 25, the process to take guns away from those who pose a threat had been used infrequently. Some say reforms could make the law stronger.