Kyle King, 27, who is being held at Kennebec County jail, has been committed to Riverview Psychiatric Center for treatment meant to restore his mental competency.
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Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Maine Crime, News
Citing mental illness, Waterville woman found not criminally responsible for setting fires with Molotov cocktails
Melissa Jane Breznyak has been committed to state custody for an indefinite period of time for the setting the fires last year in her neighborhood.
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Posted inLocal & State
Bill would allow some first responder suicides to be classified as deaths in the line of duty
A legislative committee unanimously voted Wednesday in support of a bill that would provide a survivor’s benefit to the families of some first responders who commit suicide.
Posted inLocal & State, Politics
Social workers on front lines ask lawmakers for support, reinforcements
A bill presented Friday would expand a program to cover student loan debt for eligible social workers in hopes of attracting, and keeping, more professionals to help children and adults who are waiting for support.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Give young psychiatric patients somewhere to go
Legislating for new mental health facilities may not sit well with everyone. We should be far more uncomfortable with the alternative: leaving vulnerable young Mainers hanging in the balance.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: Maine’s girls and nonbinary youth deserve to be listened to
Young people can themselves steer our state through the youth mental health crisis – providing they have our full attention and our support.
Posted inSchools and Education
Farmington-area superintendent continues talk of student mental health
Regional School Unit 9 Superintendent Christian Elkington continued his discussion of the state of mental health among American teenagers, offering his own insight and what RSU 9 is doing to help prevent it from getting worse.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World, News
‘Ted Lasso’ cast visits White House, promotes mental health care
Soccer coach Ted Lasso is coming to the White House – in the form of Emmy-winning actor Jason Sudeikis.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Maine Crime, News, Uncategorized
Man who threatened to kill maintenance worker in Augusta sentenced to 2 years
Paul F. Fay III, 38, told a judge he has been unable to get help for mental illness that causes him to lash out during manic episodes.
Posted inNation & World, New England
Judge: Psychiatric patients can’t be held in emergency rooms
New Hampshire is found to be violating the rights of hospitals by having them hold psychiatric patients in crisis.