The Mental Health Working Group is expected to give its recommendations by December.
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Our View: Small change to suicide hotline would make a big difference
Changing the number to 988, as the FCC has proposed, would get more people the help they need.
Rep. Gramlich: Gov. Mills has chance to do right by vulnerable Mainers
Signing L.D. 775 would expand and restore much-needed support services for people with mental illness.
Our View: Cyberbullying problem resistant to schools’ efforts
Online harassment is still on the rise, especially among girls, but tight education budgets are not meeting the challenge.
Maine Voices: Student progress is stalled by shortage of social workers
Poverty, hunger and family trauma will interfere with a child’s education if they are not addressed.
Golden seeks $5 million to bolster VA’s mental health care
2nd District congressman wants inpatient beds in Maine for vets facing a crisis.
Our View: Promises not kept after closing of Augusta Mental Health Institute
A robust system of community-based services has not materialized, and we are all paying for it.
Maine Voices: Expectations of men are changing, so where do we go from here?
Opening up to the one closest to us is difficult but can also lead to healing.
Commentary: Veteran suicide interventions ineffective so far
Every day, 20 veterans kill themselves, and that should not be tolerated by a grateful nation.
The View From Here: Help for those who don’t know how to ask
American men are praised for self-sufficiency and rugged individuality. And it’s killing us.