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It was formed in January 1999 by the founders of six programs within the "troubled teen industry," and its board of directors consists of program owners and educational consultants. [2] As of 2021, all but one of those founding six programs have been shut down in the ensuing years for a variety of reasons, including child abuse, neglect ...
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.
The Bangor Children's Home was an asylum for orphans at 218 Ohio Street in Bangor, Maine. Established in 1839 by the Maine Legislature as the Bangor Female Orphan Asylum , [ 2 ] it served the community in that role until 1975, after which its facilities were converted into the Hilltop School and day-care center.
Therapeutic community is a participative, group-based approach to long-term mental illness, personality disorders and drug addiction. The approach was usually residential, with the clients and therapists living together, but increasingly residential units have been superseded by day units.
NLEMMC is the second largest hospital in the state with 411 inpatient beds, [1] serves more than 40% of the population of the state, [2] and is the sixth largest employer in the state. [3] [2] NLEMMC is a Level II trauma center and a home for one of three helicopters from Lifeflight of Maine. [1]
A therapeutic boarding school is an institution where students reside on campus and are provided with both educational and therapeutic services. Unlike private boarding schools or public schools, they operate all year long with no spring break or summer vaction or other holidays. [ 1 ]
Treatment consisted of an average of 23 sessions over eleven months. The findings continued for an average of 1.1 years after treatment ended for children between the ages of six and fifteen years. There were no changes in the usual care-group subjects, who were re-tested an average of 1.3 years after the evaluation was completed.
Maine Discovery Museum is a "Let's Move!" institution, partnering with the First Lady Michelle Obama's initiative to fight childhood obesity.In early 2012, the museum opted to remove all traditional vending and dining options in the museum and replace them with vending machines offering natural and organic snacks, juices and soda as well as gluten and dairy free foods and vegan options.