Mental health
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PublishedMarch 6, 2022
Bill Nemitz: Thinking about mental health? It’s about time.
The pandemic and a state surplus provide a long-overdue opportunity to help Mainers who long have been overlooked.
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PublishedFebruary 28, 2022
Maine Voices: Rural Maine families need mental health support
The state has a mixed record at best when it comes to providing care for children with behavioral health needs.
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PublishedFebruary 23, 2022
Lawmakers face pressure to pass mental health legislation
The pandemic exacerbated the nation’s already disturbing mental health concerns.
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PublishedFebruary 19, 2022
Maine Voices: Inequities in mental health treatment are health care’s greatest injustice
Laws like the one that keeps Medicaid from covering inpatient behavioral care are not only discriminatory but also can have dire consequences for Maine families.
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PublishedFebruary 6, 2022
Maine Voices: My grandmother’s gift of resilience
Gram’s memoir of her less-than-easy life gives me perspective and reminds me that I am capable of more than I think.
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PublishedFebruary 3, 2022
Maine Voices: Legislature should ban solitary confinement in Maine’s jails, prisons
L.D. 696 will put an end to a practice that has no rehabilitative purpose and that harms people who are incarcerated.
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PublishedFebruary 2, 2022
Committee backs pay raises for state psychiatric hospital workers
The Health and Human Services Committee voted 8-4 along party lines, with Democrats in favor and Republicans opposed.
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PublishedJanuary 21, 2022
Maine Voices: It’s time to work together to strengthen families, keep children safe
Supporting parents to prevent maltreatment is key to decreasing the need for child protective services in Maine.
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PublishedJanuary 19, 2022
Bath center sees spike in number of homeless youth it serves
The Midcoast Youth Center is also seeing an increase in anxiety among youth due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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PublishedJanuary 2, 2022
Maine Voices: Recognition needed that first responders face growing mental health toll
I want to develop and maintain a culture where a law enforcement officer asking for help is applauded as an act of courage, says Maine’s U.S. Attorney.
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