Health care experts say the incidents in Lewiston point to weaknesses and gaps in a system that’s unable to meet demand and forces people into emergency departments and jails.
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Coloring book from The Holy Donut a sweet way to help youngsters
‘Donuts Make Me Happy’ will raise money for the Center for Grieving Children and cheer hospitalized kids.
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Group offers ideas for Maine to reduce suicides, improve mental health care
The National Alliance for Mental Illness in Maine says the state lags in many areas, including in the number of self-help groups.
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Maine Voices: State’s inaction on treating mental illness leaves many at risk
One mother’s traumatic and heartbreaking ordeal with a troubled adult son is hardly unique.
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Increasingly, Maine police on front lines for mental illness interventions
Involuntary committals are up, as are related service calls, forcing a shift in how authorities train for and perform their jobs.
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Maine Voices: Today is Father’s Day, but I haven’t moved on since Feb. 15, 1960
Suicide is in the news, and that was the day that my father took his own life when I was 12 years old.
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Suicide rates up in nearly every state, according to new CDC report
Suicide is rarely caused by any single factor, health officials said, but information from coroners’ reports suggest many of the deaths followed relationship problems, substance use and financial crises.
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New definition for Alzheimer’s may help speed up diagnoses
Scientists are proposing that the disease be based on biological signs, rather than symptoms, as biological signs can show up 15 to 20 years before symptoms.
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Portland Sen. Dion: Time for Maine to enact ‘red flag’ law for public safety
States with similar regulations have seen reductions in gun violence, the Democratic Blaine House hopeful says.
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Haunted by ‘imposter,’ bedridden artist feels helpless, but keeps fighting
With her mind seemingly taken hostage, the Lyman woman seeks some diagnosis that, like her art, would create a sense of order from the chaos.