Most pet owners know about the joys that come with sharing their lives with their furry companions. However, did you know they can also improve our mental health? Caring for
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Sweetser opens new Sanford mental health & substance use clinic with $4M Federal grant
A new mental health and substance use clinic has opened up in Sanford thanks to a $4 million grant from the Federal government. Behavioral health provider, Sweetser, received the award
READ MORE >Sweetser joins other providers in calling on additional state funding
Maine’s behavioral health community, including Sweetser, came together at the State House to call for funding the Maine Resiliency Package that includes several key mental health priorities. The time for
READ MORE >Sweetser featured in UNE article
“Care coordination is essential,” said Joey Rossignol, MEd LMHC, LCPC, clinical director at Sweetser’s CCBHC in Brunswick. “If we don’t have the resources a client needs internally, we will work
READ MORE >Sweetser Welcomes New Director of Recovery Services
Alaina Knox is our new Director of Recovery Services overseeing peers who work on the Peer Support Line, in the Emergency Department, Peer Training Network and Integrated Teams. In this
READ MORE >Ice Skate for Sweetser A Success
Our Ice Skate for Sweetser event was a big hit! We raised $5,000 for our youth mental health programs with the help of all who attended, Martin’s Point Health Care,
READ MORE >Column: Making 2024 a year for self-care
Sweetser has launched a new monthly column in Saco Bay News, taking content from our weekly TV segment and turning it into a long form written piece. Up first, how
READ MORE >TV Segment: School-based Therapy
A study by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services indicated that youth young people are more likely to access mental health services in schools than anywhere else. Schools
READ MORE >Sweetser’s OPTIONS featured in Journey Magazine
Check out this Journey Magazine article on our OPTIONS Liaison for Somerset County, Keith Bellefleur. OPTIONS is one of the state’s strategies to reduce fatal and non-fatal drug-related overdoses in
READ MORE >Sweetser testifies at State House for school-based services
Sweetser sent a team to the State House this week to testify on a bill introduced by Speaker of the House Rachel Talbot Ross: LD 2002 An Act to Provide
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