Knowledge Center
Mental Health Awareness Month
- SAMHSA has developed a conversation guide (PDF | 98 KB) to support a friend or loved one by providing them with access to services for mental health or substance use. This guide helps start conversations respectfully and helps guide the friend or loved one to resources that could help. Additional Resources:
- Time To Talk: Tips For Talking About Your Mental Health
- How Respectful Dialogue Can Reduce Mental Health Stigma
- Tips For How to Help a Person with Mental Illness
- The SAMHSA webpage The Power of Language and Portrayals: What We Hear, What We See
- The American Psychological Association’s Inclusive Language Guidelines
Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health
Maine Shared Community Health Needs Assessment
Maine CDC
- Maine’s Fetal Mortality Data 2022
- Pregnancy-Associated Deaths in Maine CY2021
- Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome and Prenatal Opioid Use Diagnoses in Maine, 2016-2020
- Substance Use Among Pregnant and Postpartum Individuals and Substance Exposed Infants
- Maine’s Infant Mortality Data, 2022
- MCH Data Dashboard
March of Dimes