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PublishedOctober 30, 2024
Court oversight of Maine’s mental health services ending after 3 decades
A 1990 consent decree settled a class action lawsuit brought by patients at the former Augusta Mental Health Institute and has served as a legal guidepost for how the state provides care to adults with mental illness.
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PublishedOctober 18, 2024
A Maine law could have forced the Lewiston mass shooter into psychiatric treatment. Why wasn’t it used?
Like nearly every other state, Maine can compel those with serious mental illnesses to comply with outpatient treatment. But the law is rarely used. Some fear it threatens to return America to a dark era of institutionalization.
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PublishedOctober 18, 2024
4 key findings about Maine’s law to compel mental health treatment
We spent months talking to experts in mental health care about what happened in Lewiston and how to treat people who cannot or do not accept their mental illnesses.
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PublishedOctober 16, 2024
Staff safety at Maine’s 2 psychiatric centers back in spotlight
Two lawmakers have requested a full-scale review of safety and staffing concerns at Riverview in Augusta and Dorothea Dix in Bangor, which house patients with severe mental health issues.
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PublishedOctober 15, 2024
Lewiston victims, survivors threaten to sue Army over ‘failure’ to prevent mass shooting
Lawyers for 100 survivors and victims' family members say they've notified the Department of Defense and the Army that they intend to sue. The government has 6 months to investigate their claims before they head to court.
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PublishedSeptember 29, 2024
‘We’re suffering here’: Maine families of children with disabilities wait for help
The Department of Justice this month sued the Mills administration over the state's services for disabled children. Families hope the legal action is a catalyst for change.
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PublishedSeptember 9, 2024
Department of Justice sues Maine over treatment of children with behavioral disabilities
The lawsuit filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Portland says the state has violated the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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PublishedAugust 12, 2024
New program to provide free counseling for Maine food industry workers
The Behind You pilot program, funded by a Texas nonprofit and implemented by the clinical students at the University of Maine, will cover up to 200 hours of free counseling in its first year.
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PublishedAugust 11, 2024
U.S. surgeon general was warned by his mom to avoid politics, but he jumped into the fray anyway
Nominated by Obama as surgeon general, Murthy made comments calling guns a health care issue, something that delayed his confirmation until late 2014.
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PublishedAugust 10, 2024
Maine is still sending psych patients to controversial South Carolina hospital despite complaints
Justin Butterfield, 35, was committed to a state psychiatric hospital after killing his brother during a mental health crisis. His family is worried about him after he was transferred to a private hospital in South Carolina that has been likened to a prison.
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