A judge determined Jonathan Alas, 29, was suffering from psychotic symptoms that impaired his sense of reality when he killed Christopher Godin in 2023.
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Posted inMaine, News
Waterville struggles to balance downtown safety with help for homeless
Business owners say customers, tenants and employees have been frightened when coming to the area, and that the city needs to come together to solve the problem for everyone involved.
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Posted inBusiness, Nation / World, News
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.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
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.
Posted inMaine, News, Sports
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.
Posted inMaine, News
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.
Posted inMaine, News
To help those in crisis, new center in Portland turns to people who’ve faced one
Only half the staff at Living Room Crisis Center are clinicians, like nurses. The rest are peer support specialists, whose life experiences are their credentials.
Posted inMaine
Changes eyed to strip ‘prisoners’ and ‘inmates’ from Maine’s statute books
Lawmakers aim to replace language considered stigmatizing with gentler alternatives such as ‘resident of a jail.’
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Maine, Maine Crime, News
Varney daughters detail a harrowing scene on night of their parents’ murder
Officers held one of them for hours in a room next door while a suspect chanted, vomited and asked police ‘disturbing questions’
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State fails those with mental illness
It is a sad fact that there are people in Maine who live with mental illness. This state has failed those people who are now being locked up. In my mind, people can and must do better and put more of a focus on community-based mental health treatment. Elected officials and the governor are all […]