Education officials and a child grief specialist offer advice on discussing Wednesday night’s shootings that killed at least 18 people and wounded at least 13.
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Ben Bragdon: For their sake, we’ve got to let kids be kids
You have to watch out for nostalgia. No matter what people say, hindsight isn’t always 20-20. Sometimes, it’s a lot hazier. That’s why so many people today look back with fondness at an American past that never really existed, while others feel hopeless against today’s biggest challenges, and unable to acknowledge how much better life […]
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Commentary: Veterans Crisis Line, 988 +1, faces major challenges
If following protocol isn’t enough, data and community-based evaluation is the next step toward protecting our nation’s heroes.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: We must continue to strengthen mental health services for Maine’s kids
Don’t allow our youth experiencing behavioral and mental health crises to continue to languish in emergency rooms and jails.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Maine Crime, News
Man from China charged with assaulting officers unleashes courtroom outburst after psych evaluation ordered
Brent Elisens, who faces charges of assaulting three state troopers in a 2021 roadside incident, was ordered to undergo a mental health evaluation after he asked to represent himself in court.
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Commentary: School-based clinicians on front lines of youth mental health crisis
Through direct school-based behavioral health services, Maine students are able to learn coping and regulation skills. Those skills are needed more than ever.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Maine children continue to struggle in pandemic’s wake
More youths are facing mental health, academic and housing instability problems than before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report by the Maine Children’s Alliance.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Maine Crime, News
Man who allegedly stole Augusta police cruiser found not competent to stand trial
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.
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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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.