Athletes, coaches and administrators emphasize the social and emotional importance of athletics for high school students – and the potential for negative consequences if games cannot be played.
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Maine Voices: COVID was the first wave – a mental health crisis will be the second
Mainers were suffering before the pandemic. The state should take steps to make it possible for more immigrant doctors to help them.
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Maine Voices: Take a moment to thank seniors for their sacrifices this year
COVID continues to most severely disrupt – and threaten – our elders, who have faced the risk with grit and grace.
Posted inNation & World
Rates of depression in U.K. double among adults during lockdown
The study finds young adults between 16 and 39 were proportionately more likely to experience symptoms.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Local & State, Politics
Golden seeks better mental health care for Maine veterans
Rep. Jared Golden convinced House colleagues to add $20 million to help fund long-term mental health care for veterans.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Portland police chief: ‘The police are the public and the public are the police’
This concept represents the basic relationship between our police officers and our communities. We stand with you because we are you.
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Maine Voices: Managing COVID anxiety in Maine – with strategies from New York’s polio years
Carrying extra masks, a Bronx-born ‘defensive pessimist’ welcomes the crowds of summer.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Uncategorized
Jail staff followed rules in pepper spraying mentally ill inmates, corrections department says
But the advocate who sought the review says it makes no mention of accommodations for such inmates as required by law.
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Maine Voices: Rejection of LGBTQ youth can be fatal
It is time for older folks to accept young people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or questioning.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Uncategorized
Mental health, Riverview officials criticize Cumberland County pepper spray incident
A patient being transported from Cumberland County Jail to Riverview Psychiatric Center was pepper sprayed, and the spray was not properly washed off prior to arrival at Riverview, officials said.