JAY — The class, Youth Mental Health First Aid, will be held from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 10, at Spruce Mountain Middle School, 23 Community Drive. This class is open to the public. Youth Mental Health First Aid is designed to teach adults how to help a youth or teen, ages 12-18, […]
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NAMI Maine to offer confidential mental illness educational program for families
RUMFORD — The National Alliance on Mental Illness will offer Family-to-Family starting on Tuesday, April 24, at 6 p.m. This is a free, confidential program. Family-to-Family is an evidence-based, educational program for family members and friends of people living with mental illness taught by teachers who have also lived with this experience. Participants will learn […]
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NAMI to hold Youth Mental Health First Aid trainings in Rangeley, Rumford
The National Alliance on Mental Illness of Maine has announced Youth Mental Health First Aid trainings. The Rangeley training will be from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Thursday, May 10, at the Rangeley Lakes Regional School, 43 Mendolia Road. The Rumford course will be held from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 29, at […]
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Johnston: Where did facts and fairness go?
Tom Johnston was a character. He was an award-winning meteorologist whose antics endeared him to viewers. He was also a hothead whose temper got him into trouble with his former station in Florida, and earned him a minor record in 2010 for criminal mischief and trespassing. He was a father. A brother. A son. And, […]
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Rumford Library hosts Mannix
The Rumford Public Library and National Alliance of Mental Illness recently hosted weatherman Kevin Mannix, who talked about his book, “Weathering Shame,” which he co-wrote with his wife, Linda Rota. Susan Marshall, the children’s librarian, said that Mannix shared his life experiences, lessons, struggles and feelings of shame, as well as the stigma that results […]
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NAMI Maine to host Suicide Prevention Awareness Night
AUBURN — NAMI Maine, National Alliance on Mental Illness, will host a a free Suicide Prevention Awareness Night on Thursday, May 1, in Auburn at the Hilton Garden Inn. The training is being sponsored by Tri-Country Mental Health Services, Healthy Androscoggin, Lewiston public schools and the Auburn School Department. The presentation is intended to develop suicide […]
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NAMI chapter to offer ongoing education program
FARMINGTON/RUMFORD — The Maine chapter of National Alliance on Mental Illness will offer the Family-to-Family education program from 6 to 8:30 p.m. every Thursday from April 24 to July 10 at Franklin Memorial Hospital. The 12-week course is for family, friends and caregivers of teens and adults with mental illness (schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depression, […]