mental illness
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PublishedSeptember 27, 2024
FDA approves a potential ‘game-changer’ drug for schizophrenia
The approval comes less than a year Bristol Myers Squibb paid $14 billion to acquire the developer of the drug, Karuna Therapeutics.
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PublishedMay 12, 2024
Wait times balloon for Maine mental health services as access barriers persist
The Mills administration and lawmakers have invested $34 million in mental health initiatives, but critics say it's not enough.
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PublishedMarch 17, 2024
Our View: Sharpened focus on mental health will improve gun laws
Testimony before the Legislature's Judiciary Committee last week rightly focused the superiority of the red flag law and the imperative to reduce the state suicide rate.
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PublishedFebruary 18, 2024
A promising tennis star lost a painful mental health battle. Her parents want her story told.
For a tennis standout with a promising future, the pandemic did more than strip Grace Campanella of her last high school season and her momentum. Her darkest hour came last month in Wells.
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PublishedJanuary 9, 2024
Greely High School teens tackling stigma of mental illness
A chapter of KyleCares is dedicated to providing resources and spreading awareness to prevent youth suicide.
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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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PublishedOctober 12, 2023
Maine Voices: ‘Sweeping’ encampments makes sick and unhoused Portlanders even more vulnerable
Forcible relocation makes people sicker by causing isolation, infection and loss of medication. Instead, let’s make encampments safer and bolster public health and affordable-housing funding.
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PublishedJuly 23, 2023
The Maine Millennial: Not talking about depression doesn’t make it go away
It’s a mental illness, and that’s OK.
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PublishedMay 24, 2023
John L. Micek: Words of wisdom and a warning
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