Maine Voices: Pandemic will have lasting effects on our children, teens

All adults have an opportunity to play a role in the well-being of our youth, especially as they return to a semblance of their pre-COVID lives.

Maine Voices: Mainers are suffering from lack of mental health funding

We need more than proclamations to address the well-documented need for mental health services.

The Maine Millennial: When the brain says ‘nope’

As COVID recedes, many are experiencing what those of us with anxiety deal with all of the time.

Shortage of psychiatrists in Maine causing a ‘crisis’

Facing unprecedented stress, Maine chefs and restaurateurs have found ways to cope

From state park passes to meditation to dogs, restaurant people looked for respite in a profoundly challenging year.

Commentary: Let’s do what’s fiscally responsible and will save lives – pass L.D. 1090

The bill will help more people access Maine’s progressive treatment program for mental illness, promoting their recovery and cutting costs to taxpayers.

Day One substance use and mental health center to move Hinckley operation

Day One is closing its Hinckley location because of a shortage of staff and plans to reopen operations farther south, continuing to offer substance use and mental health treatment for youth and families.

Our View: Bill puts the end of Long Creek in sight

Developing community-based programs is the surest way to shut down Maine’s youth prison.

Maine Voices: More data needed on hospitalizations of youths in crisis

A hospital emergency department can be a trap for a teenager with no appropriate options.

Maine Voices: It’s time for Maine children to go back to school

Onerous state requirements are making full-time public K-12 education impossible and placing a heavy burden on our kids.