The Maine Safer Homes Taskforce will distribute information related to gun and medication safety, hoping to curtail the state’s higher-than-average rate of death by suicide in veterans.
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Maine Voices: Reach out and help someone – suicide prevention is everyone’s responsibility
In a time of crisis, we must do a better job accepting mental illness as a disease that is no different from diabetes or a broken limb.
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Trump unveils plan to stem suicides by military veterans
The effort includes firearm safety, wellness programs at workplaces and new barriers near railroads and bridges.
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Coronavirus pandemic is pushing America into a mental health crisis
Data show depression and anxiety are already roiling the nation.
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Commentary: Now more than ever, let’s look out for one another
COVID, isolation and power outages have been tough on everyone – resources are out there to meet the mental health needs of Maine’s veterans.
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‘Hope vs. hopelessness’ – navigating mental health diagnoses in the time of coronavirus
Those with existing mental health diagnoses are at higher risk of suicide and those with lower-level anxiety or depression might see their symptoms worsen in a time of great stress and uncertainty
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Commentary: Maine police working together to defuse mental health crises
The evidence-based Crisis Intervention Team Program helps people access treatment and diverts them from the criminal justice system.
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Maine Voices: Mental health care system continues to abandon the people who need it
This system has already deprived my father of a purposeful life. Now it has failed the clients of Shalom House.
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Commentary: There is nothing loving about killing disabled people
When a partner kills his disabled loved one, we see it as an act of kindness or mercy. It isn’t.
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FCC votes to set up 3-digit suicide hotline number like 911
Once it’s implemented, people will just need to dial 988 to seek help, similar to calling 911 for emergencies or 311 for city services.