SOUTHWEST HARBOR — Acadia Family Center, the only facility dedicated solely to substance abuse treatment and other related mental health issues on Mount Desert Island, closed down in November 2021
It used to be that if you became ill, it didn’t matter whether it was day, night, weekend or holiday. “Your” doctor could be reached and “your” doctor would see you.
The closure is necessary for two reasons, explained AFC board chairman Sam Hamill on Monday, noting a lack of clinical leadership as well as a need to reexamine its business model in the hopes of becoming more financially solvent.