Lawmakers must consider the human cost of neglected mental health services
"Behind the statistics lie stories of individual suffering."
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"Behind the statistics lie stories of individual suffering."
Twenty-two years ago, the courts fixed a grave error in Maine law which denied people with a mental illness that were under guardianship the basic, fundamental right to vote. This November, we can make things right by fixing the language in the Maine Constitution. Unfixed, we have set a specific group of individuals apart from […]
"Mental health is essential to overall health and well-being, yet it is often stigmatized and overlooked."
When a court orders a person to a progressive treatment program, that person is assigned a team of mental health providers they have to see.
Maine's mental health system has been under duress for decades. The state is still working to meet the terms of a Consent Decree from 1990 that requires it to maintain comprehensive services.