Inpatient Psychiatric Settings & Group Homes

DRM Statement on the Dismissal of the AMHI Consent Decree

by Julia Endicott | Dec 3, 2024 | Announcements, Community Mental Health, Inpatient Psychiatric Settings & Group Homes, Mental Health Advocacy, News

On December 3, 2024 the Maine Superior Court issued an order dismissing the 1989 class action lawsuit and subsequent 1990 injunction that is commonly known as the “AMHI Settlement Agreement or AMHI Consent Decree.” AMHI was a state inpatient psychiatric facility at...

“The Beds Were Just Not Available to Her.” When Psychiatric Hospitals Refuse to Admit Patients from Emergency Departments

by Mark Joyce | May 24, 2024 | Community Mental Health, Inpatient Psychiatric Settings & Group Homes

In the fall of 2022, Disability Rights Maine (DRM) represented a woman who had been "blue papered"[1] in an emergency department (ED) and was awaiting transfer to a psychiatric bed. She remained in the ED for 65 days until eventually being transferred to a psychiatric...

Hospital-Based Advocates Continue Supporting People with Disabilities During the Pandemic

by Caleb Baker | Mar 28, 2022 | Inpatient Psychiatric Settings & Group Homes

Disability Rights Maine’s four hospital-based advocates have a unique role among DRM staff. We get to meet with patients of Maine’s largest psychiatric hospitals and find ways to protect their rights as recipients of mental health services. There are DRM offices...

The Law Court’s Decision in A.S. v. LincolnHealth and Its Impact on Maine’s “Blue Paper” Law (34-B M.R.S.A. § 3863)

by Mark Joyce | Jun 4, 2021 | Inpatient Psychiatric Settings & Group Homes, Success Stories

In January of this year Maine’s highest state court, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, also known as the “Law Court”, issued a decision called A.S. v. LincolnHealth.[1] This decision had a substantial impact on the process used to hold someone in a general hospital’s...

DRM Provides Voting Information to Individuals in Hospitals, Ensuring Their Right to Participate in the 2020 Election

by Mark Joyce | Nov 18, 2020 | Inpatient Psychiatric Settings & Group Homes, Success Stories, Voting

Susan B. Anthony once said: “Someone struggled for your right to vote. Use it.” However, sometimes “using it” comes with its own struggles. This is certainly true for individuals with disabilities who are patients in psychiatric hospitals. One of DRM’s core missions...

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DRM Statement on the Dismissal of the AMHI Consent Decree

“The Beds Were Just Not Available to Her.” When Psychiatric Hospitals Refuse to Admit Patients from Emergency Departments

Hospital-Based Advocates Continue Supporting People with Disabilities During the Pandemic

The Law Court’s Decision in A.S. v. LincolnHealth and Its Impact on Maine’s “Blue Paper” Law (34-B M.R.S.A. § 3863)

DRM Provides Voting Information to Individuals in Hospitals, Ensuring Their Right to Participate in the 2020 Election

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