Mental illness
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PublishedNovember 12, 2023
The Maine Millennial: When will we stop ignoring mental health care?
You can't fall through the cracks of a system that doesn't exist.
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PublishedNovember 8, 2023
Former legislator urges better implementation of treatment program he says could have prevented Lewiston shootings
Former state Sen. John Nutting implored Gov. Janet Mills on Wednesday to direct state agencies to better implement what's known as the Progressive Treatment Program.
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PublishedSeptember 12, 2023
Waterville-area aid groups gather to offer a hand up
About 60 community service organizations, including agencies that provide mental and physical health and substance abuse services, set up at Head of Falls in Waterville on Tuesday where many people sought help and received it.
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PublishedMarch 29, 2023
Commentary: Maine is an outlier for youth psychiatric treatment
L.D. 181 would require DHHS to eliminate the barriers to providing residential treatment for Maine young people closer to home.