Maine Behavioral Healthcare ramps up resources for Oxford Hills families

The Positive Parent Program is designed to help manage children's behavior during times of stress.

Christmas stress? Here are 3 techniques for coping

Practicing mindfulness and getting outdoors can reduce stress around the holiday season.

Need for faster mental health care is focus of Augusta summit addressing ‘cracks in the system’

The COVID-19 pandemic has magnified longstanding problems with mental health care as the demand for treatment has increased, experts say.

How the mind reacts to the pandemic

Franklin County battling psychiatric services shortage

A shortage of psychiatrists and mental health professionals has added stress to an already struggling system in Franklin County.

Freeing Britney requires reconsidering how society thinks about decision-making capacity

Family members seeking to control women artists isn’t new. In the 1920s, doctors thought sculptor Camille Claudel could be released from the care of an asylum, but her family refused.

What you need to know about Britney Spears’ legal battle

What is the #FreeBritney movement? Who has left Britney Spears's team? All the pressing questions you may have about her conservatorship, answered.

Equine nonprofit looks to improve Mainers’ mental health

Horses Over America Founder Gerald Scott and his horse, Hercules, stopped by two youth centers, two retirement homes and walked around downtown Bath Wednesday.

Convicted killer’s Riverview escape conviction overturned by state’s top court

Mark Ian Gessner had his conviction overturned and the charge dismissed after a ruling Tuesday by the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, which said he had been improperly tried for the same criminal incident twice.

Michael Phelps knows all too well what Simone Biles is going through

Phelps said Biles' bowing out of the competition was the kind of "eye-opening experience" that could turn into a major positive by bringing greater awareness of mental health issues.