mental health

Dr. Dora Anne Mills, chief health improvement officer at MaineHealth, said the findings for youth are concerning.

Many testified that they'd turned to psilocybin therapy after other mental health treatments failed to help them.

The bill is, at least in part, a response to research suggesting that the gunman in last year's Lewiston mass shooting may have suffered brain injuries as part of his service in the Army Reserves.

Behavioral health groups say further investment is needed in home-based and community support services.

Advocates say that despite this week's termination of a 34-year-old consent decree, Maine's mental health system is far from where it should be.

The decree came out of a lawsuit 34 years ago stemming from the deaths of 10 residents at a state psychiatric hospital in Augusta.

The annual Measures of Growth report from Maine Economic Growth Council identifies where the Maine economy is improving and where there is still more work to do compared to other states across the country.

A new mental health and substance abuse center opened today, adjacent to one of the locations of the Lewiston shootings last fall.

A Sagadahoc County probate judge has appointed a woman who lost her husband and teenage son as a special administrator of Robert Card's estate.

Dr. Vivek Murthy says rebuilding the social fabric of communities and society is vital to psychological resilience.