The Health and Human Services Committee voted 8-4 along party lines, with Democrats in favor and Republicans opposed.
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Jeff Timberlake backs off from proposal to ease way for police to take people into temporary custody
Lawmakers appear to agree that more mental health training and personnel would help in responding to crises like the one that preceded a double murder in Turner.
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Maine Behavioral Healthcare ramps up resources for Oxford Hills families
The Positive Parent Program is designed to help manage children’s behavior during times of stress.
Posted inNation / World, News
Christmas stress? Here are 3 techniques for coping
Practicing mindfulness and getting outdoors can reduce stress around the holiday season.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Need for faster mental health care is focus of Augusta summit addressing ‘cracks in the system’
The COVID-19 pandemic has magnified longstanding problems with mental health care as the demand for treatment has increased, experts say.
Posted inThe Bethel Citizen
How the mind reacts to the pandemic
BETHEL — Denise Thorn, a licensed clinical social worker from The Bethel Health Center, explains how the pandemic and its traumatic experience can affect the mind and body in both the short and long-term. Thorn argues it was a traumatic experience for everyone. “When anybody goes through any kind of trauma, and you can consider […]
Posted inThe Franklin Journal
Franklin County battling psychiatric services shortage
A shortage of psychiatrists and mental health professionals has added stress to an already struggling system in Franklin County.
Posted inPerspective
Freeing Britney requires reconsidering how society thinks about decision-making capacity
Family members seeking to control women artists isn’t new. In the 1920s, doctors thought sculptor Camille Claudel could be released from the care of an asylum, but her family refused.
Posted inPerspective
What you need to know about Britney Spears’ legal battle
What is the #FreeBritney movement? Who has left Britney Spears’s team? All the pressing questions you may have about her conservatorship, answered.
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Equine nonprofit looks to improve Mainers’ mental health
Horses Over America Founder Gerald Scott and his horse, Hercules, stopped by two youth centers, two retirement homes and walked around downtown Bath Wednesday.