Riverview Psychiatric Center

AUGUSTA, Maine - Leaders of the Maine Legislature have allowed a bill into the current session that would increase the salaries of direct care workers at…

The court master assigned to monitor operations at the Riverview Psychiatric Center in Augusta says the state hospital must hire additional personnel to…

AUGUSTA, Maine — Members of the Legislature’s Government Oversight Committee spent hours Friday focusing on the ongoing staffing problems at the state’s…

AUGUSTA, Maine — Gov. Paul LePage has announced a plan to house forensic mental health patients at the Windham Correctional Center.It’s part of a major…

AUGUSTA, Maine — Insufficient staff, forced overtime and inadequate training are just a few of the problems that staff at the state’s Riverview…

AUGUSTA, Maine - The heads of a troubled psychiatric hospital in Augusta and a state health agency are set to meet with a government oversight committee…

AUGUSTA, Maine - A day after blasting a legislative panel, Human Services Commissioner Mary Mayhew has agreed to appear before the Government Oversight…

AUGUSTA, Maine - A former patient at a Maine psychiatric hospital who was pepper-sprayed and restrained by a worker is suing the state over the incident.A…

AUGUSTA, Maine — Thursday the Maine Legislative Council will hear appeals on bills that it has rejected for consideration in the next session, which…

AUGUSTA, Maine — A second report about Riverview Psychiatric Center's progress in correcting deficiencies finds that the Augusta hospital still has work…