Years ago when I worked in Central Office for what was then DMHMRSAS (Maine’s Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services), a researcher from the Vermont Dept of Mental Health told us their research had found that… Read More ›
Mental Health
You Don’t Get a Do-Over When It’s Over
My father and I did not have a good relationship. After my mom died when I was ten, we never talked about her, or about death, or my fears and bewilderment as a child. My mom’s mother told me he… Read More ›
Why Antidepressants Take So Long To Work
MAX G. LEVY SCIENCE OCT 26, 2023 7:00 AM A clinical trial reveals the first evidence of how the brain restructures physically in the first month on SSRIs—and the link between neuroplasticity and depression. CLINICAL DEPRESSION IS considered one of the… Read More ›
The Horror of the Mental Illnesses
The more information that comes out about Mr. Card, the sadder I become. I was right. The man was seriously mentally ill with what seems to have been command hallucinations; and what happened was almost a foregone conclusion. Why oh… Read More ›
Governor Mills Launches “Healing Together” Online Resource to Help Support to Lewiston Victims and Families
Press Release from the office of the Governor of Maine. October 28, 2023. https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/MEGOV/bulletins/3782d9e Governor Mills Launches “Healing Together” Online Resource to Help Support to Lewiston Victims and Families October 28, 2023 Website identifies places for financial donations to support… Read More ›
Coping with Suicide – Individual & Group Sessions
The Grief Warrior Project, a division of Heritage Health Services, has announced that its Tuesday night support group for those coping with the devastation of a loved one’s suicide, will begin again on August 4. Due to the COVID 19… Read More ›
It’s a Challenging New World For Mental Health Therapists and Their Clients
Back in early March when the pandemic became a harsh reality here in the U.S., many of my mental health therapist clients and friends saw a sudden drop in caseload size, due to a dramatic uptick in client cancellations and… Read More ›
Shortchanging Mental Health Providers Just Hurts the Most Vulnerable
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 ›
Restorative Retelling Grief Group
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 ›
Executive Dysfunction and The “Impossible Task” – When the Everyday Seems Too Much
My blogs on “The Grief Warrior Project” describe my experiences coping with what’s called “complicated grief” after the suicide of my beloved husband in 2016. Aside from the devastating pain and horror of his death, I lived with a brain… Read More ›