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• Understanding the Complexities of Suicide

  By lindasnyder on February 27, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Over several decades, I had been trained in suicide prevention and intervention.  I had known people who suicided: employees, the children of employees, others… I thought I understood suicide.  Then my beloved husband killed himself. And I realized I didn’t… Read More ›

• Hepatitis A Cases Rose Sharply in Kennebec, Aroostook and York Counties in 2019.

  By lindasnyder on February 13, 2020 • ( 0 )

  Hepatitis A Cases Rose Sharply in Kennebec, Aroostook, and York Counties in 2019 02/13/2020 10:49 AM EST A press release from Maine.gov. AUGUSTA – Maine saw a fivefold increase in hepatitis A cases last year, with the number of reported cases… Read More ›

• When Your Co-Workers Make Jokes or Act Weird After Your Family Member’s Suicide

  By lindasnyder on January 30, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Suicide sucks. Suicide is a monster that will haunt you forever. Suicide is on the rise in the United States, and according to the most recent statistics from the CDC, is the tenth leading cause of death in our country…. Read More ›

• Consumers Warned of Possible Exposure to Hepatitis A at Waterville (ME) Market

  By lindasnyder on January 24, 2020 • ( 0 )

  PRESS RELEASE FROM THE MAINE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION (CDC) 01/24/2020 02:21 PM EST AUGUSTA – The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry (DACF) have identified a case of… Read More ›

• Shortchanging Mental Health Providers Just Hurts the Most Vulnerable

  By lindasnyder on January 23, 2020 • ( 0 )

  Years ago, I ran a 200+ employee mental health agency. When children’s case management services were privatized – meaning the State of Maine, which had been handling all the children’s case management services to that point – opened those services… Read More ›

• Gastroenteritis, Also Called the Stomach Flu

  By lindasnyder on January 20, 2020 • ( 0 )

  Since I’m in the middle of a nasty bout of this right now, which I apparently caught from my 2 year old grandson (whose symptoms were comparatively mild), it seemed worth posting this article from the Mayo Clinic. On checking… Read More ›

• Lyme Cases Reported to Maine CDC in 2019 Reach Record High

  By lindasnyder on January 16, 2020 • ( 0 )

  My late husband was always out in the woods, and never used any kind of tick repellent. He did pick ticks off himself (and I picked a couple as well) but surprisingly, not as many as one might expect. I… Read More ›

• Free Training: Addressing Tobacco Use in the Behavioral Health Population

  By lindasnyder on January 16, 2020 • ( 0 )

  From the Maine Department of Health & Human ServicesJanuary 15, 2020 Free Training for Behavioral Health Providers  The MaineHealth Center for Tobacco Independence (CTI,) on behalf of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention/Tobacco and Substance Use Prevention and… Read More ›

• Restorative Retelling Grief Group

  By lindasnyder on January 15, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Beginning Monday, January 20 from 6-8 pm, Androscoggin Home Health will facilitate a “Restorative Retelling Grief Group” for adult family members and friends who have been affected by the sudden loss of a loved one as a result of homicide,… Read More ›

• Are We Headed Towards Just Warehousing the Elderly & Disabled?

  By lindasnyder on January 14, 2020 • ( 0 )

  There is a great deal I’d like to say on this topic but I’ll let the article speak for itself. A Change in Medicare Has Therapists Alarmed.From The New York Times.November 29, 2019.By Paula SpanA Change in Medicare Has Therapists… Read More ›