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PublishedAugust 9, 2023
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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PublishedMay 19, 2023
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.
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PublishedApril 25, 2023
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.
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PublishedApril 7, 2023
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.
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PublishedApril 7, 2023
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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PublishedMarch 29, 2023
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.
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PublishedMarch 24, 2023
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.
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PublishedMarch 23, 2023
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.
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PublishedMarch 22, 2023
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.
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PublishedMarch 21, 2023
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.
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