riverview psychiatric center

Published
January 13, 2023

Man who stabbed Turner couple to death in 2021 granted supervised time in Augusta

Patrick Maher was found not criminally responsible for stabbing Troy and Dulsie Varney to death in 2021.
Published
September 16, 2022

Man who killed father in Gardiner granted some unsupervised time in Augusta community

Leroy Smith III was found not criminally responsible by reason of insanity for the 2014 killing of his father at their Gardiner apartment and officials say medications have been effective in controlling his mental illness.
Published
July 15, 2022

Killer’s spiritual beliefs a factor as authorities weigh request for increased privileges

Enoch Petrucelly, who was found not criminally responsible for stabbing his brother to death in 2008 and committed to the custody of the state, is seeking increased autonomy.
Published
February 2, 2022

Committee backs pay raises for state psychiatric hospital workers

The Health and Human Services Committee voted 8-4 along party lines, with Democrats in favor and Republicans opposed.
Published
February 1, 2022

Turner man pleads insanity defense in slayings of Troy and Dulsie Varney

A judge said he expects to commit the defendant to the Department of Health and Human Services for psychiatric care.
Published
July 7, 2020

Jail staff followed rules in pepper spraying mentally ill inmates, corrections department says

But the advocate who sought the review says it makes no mention of accommodations for such inmates as required by law.
Published
May 17, 2019

Psychiatric patient who killed father allowed to move into Augusta group home

A judge says he'll approve a request from a Riverview Psychiatric Center patient found not criminally responsible for the 1995 killing of his father to move to a group home in Augusta.
Published
May 15, 2019

Democrats’ bill calls for sweeping review of Maine’s mental health system

Several Democratic lawmakers want a task force to find fixes for a mental health system that has failed to deliver community services decades after major institutions closed.
Published
March 18, 2019

Maine loses latest fight over Riverview funding

Gov. Mills is reviewing her options following the decision by the federal government that the state must repay $72 million stemming from when the psychiatric hospital was decertified.
Published
February 27, 2019

Mills administration to change scope of new psychiatric facility in Bangor

Rather than sticking with Gov. Paul LePage's plan for a privately run 'step-down' facility, Gov. Janet Mills said the new unit will operated as part of Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center and serve a broader scope of patients.