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David Moltz is a psychiatrist with more than 30 years of experience working in Maine in both general psychiatry and addiction. He resides in Portland.

As a retired psychiatrist with 30 years of experience practicing in Maine, I’ve seen many patients in crisis and treated patients with a wide variety of mental health diagnoses.

I’ve also seen firsthand how critical family members are at every stage of the process — from getting a loved one help, sometimes when the loved one doesn’t recognize that something is wrong, to supporting their treatment.

These 30 years of experience lead me to unequivocally support a

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