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When founded, it was known as the Eastern Maine Insane Hospital. Its name was changed in 1913 to Bangor State Hospital, and then to Bangor Mental Health Institute. In 2005 it was renamed the Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center, in honor of Dorothea Dix, a pioneering 19th-century advocate for the improved treatment of the mentally ill.
Riverview Psychiatric Center, also known as Riverview Psychiatric Recovery Center, is a psychiatric hospital in Augusta, Maine, operated by the Maine Department of Health and Human Services. [1] The center recruits for volunteers from the United Way for certain services.
Central Maine Healthcare Bridgton: Cumberland: Yes Active: Calais Community Hospital Independent: Calais: Washington: Yes Active: Cary Medical Center Independent: Caribou: Aroostook: Yes Active: Central Maine Medical Center: Central Maine Healthcare Lewiston: Androscoggin: Yes (Level III) c. 1860 –present Active: Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center
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Anne Fletcher, the author of Inside Rehab, a thorough study of the U.S. addiction treatment industry published in 2013, recalled rehabilitation centers derisively diagnosing addicts who were reluctant to go along with the program as having a case of “terminal uniqueness.” It became so ingrained that residents began to criticize themselves ...
Northern Light A.R. Gould Hospital (frequently shortened to ARG), formerly known as The Aroostook Medical Center (TAMC), is a hospital located in Presque Isle, Maine that is governed by a local volunteer board of trustees. It is named for former U.S. Senator and businessman Arthur R. Gould.
The Penobscot Judicial Center was filled Thursday with people who allege they were sexually abused as children by employees of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland as far back as the 1950s.
The NAMI Connection Recovery Support Group Program is a weekly support group for adults living with mental illness. The program is for adults 18+ diagnosed with mental illness and groups are usually weekly for 90 minutes. The support groups are led by trained facilitators who identify as having experienced mental illness themselves.