mental health
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PublishedAugust 1, 2018
Letter to the editor: Health care providers must do more to reduce alarming suicide rate
Spending time learning about all aspects of patients' lives would help those at risk deal with mental health issues and the many other causes.
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PublishedJuly 26, 2018
Maine Voices: State’s inaction on treating mental illness leaves many at risk
One mother's traumatic and heartbreaking ordeal with a troubled adult son is hardly unique.
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PublishedJuly 19, 2018
Maine Voices: Knowledge of causes, symptoms, strategies will help lower suicide rates
The good news is there are treatments that can reduce the suffering for those who have mental health issues.
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PublishedJuly 17, 2018
Our View: Policing no substitute for community mental health
Maine needs a functioning system of care as well as police training and jail improvements.
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PublishedJuly 15, 2018
Increasingly, Maine police on front lines for mental illness interventions
Involuntary committals are up, as are related service calls, forcing a shift in how authorities train for and perform their jobs.
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PublishedJuly 6, 2018
Commentary: Pulling the plug on video games? Time to slow your roll
Video games can provide people with a chance to safely explore who they want to be and how they want to interact with the world.
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PublishedJune 17, 2018
Maine Voices: Today is Father’s Day, but I haven’t moved on since Feb. 15, 1960
Suicide is in the news, and that was the day that my father took his own life when I was 12 years old.
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PublishedJune 12, 2018
Our View: The right way to talk about the rise in suicide
The causes are varied and complex, but one thing is clear: Reaching out to those in despair can save lives.
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PublishedMay 13, 2018
Commentary: A broken mental health system
Helping those suffering from mental illness or substance abuse will require empathy, commitment and funding from the public and private sectors.
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PublishedMay 2, 2018
Our View: Training of employees, public helps remove stigma of mental illness
Legislators should override the governor's veto of a bill to expand school-based resources for at-risk students.
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