Brent Elisens, who faces charges of assaulting three state troopers in a 2021 roadside incident, was ordered to undergo a mental health evaluation after he asked to represent himself in court.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
The Maine Millennial: Not talking about depression doesn’t make it go away
It’s a mental illness, and that’s OK.
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Posted inHealth, Nation & World, News
How addictive, endless scrolling is bad for your mental health
Social media received its first surgeon general’s advisory. Here’s how it’s affecting minds and contributing to a mental health crisis in young people.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: U.S. surgeon general takes aim at toll inflicted by loneliness
Isolation can be as harmful to one’s health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: As college students’ mental health worsens, schools and instructors must adapt
Unless colleges devise more creative safety nets, they risk losing or partially preparing a generation of college students.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: In Maine and nationwide, allyship during Pride Month has to be a serious business
When LGBTQ youth live in communities that do not stigmatize their sexual orientation or gender identity, these young people not only survive but also thrive.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: PFAS contamination also has mental health impact on Maine’s farmers
Cultivemos, a network funded by the 2018 Farm Bill, is making sure that farmers have increased options for access to supportive services where they live and where they work.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: School-based clinicians on front lines of youth mental health crisis
Through direct school-based behavioral health services, Maine students are able to learn coping and regulation skills. Those skills are needed more than ever.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Prolonged solitary confinement is torture. The practice needs judicial oversight.
Given the irreparable harm that solitary can do, proposed federal reforms must include a mechanism for independent review by a competent authority.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Maine children continue to struggle in pandemic’s wake
More youths are facing mental health, academic and housing instability problems than before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report by the Maine Children’s Alliance.