Teen Medical Restrictions Bill Passes House Committee
A new bill would make North Carolina the only state in the country to require teens to get parental approval for mental health, substance..
Mental Health
Bill Would Untie Medicaid Benefits from Recipients’ Home Counties
Years ago, North Carolina counties paid part of a recipient’s Medicaid tab, but that practice was phased out in the past decade. Yet,..
Duke Researcher Brings Electricity, Magnetism to Depression Treatment
Duke researcher Sarah Lisbany talks to the Wake County chapter of NAMI about neuromodulation for depression. By Stephanie Soucheray The..
Senate Considers Bill to Require Welfare Applicants to Test for Drugs – UPDATED
By Rose Hoban A bill requiring recipients of welfare benefits to submit to drug testing passed through committee last week and is scheduled..
Bills Affect Young Offenders in Different Ways
North Carolina is one of only two states in the U.S. that prosecutes offenders under 18 in the adult legal system. Two bills would tweak..
Western Highlands Mulls Options After State Pulls Medicaid Contract
By Peggy Manning This story was originally published in the Carolina Public Press on April 13. A week after learning that state health..
DHHS Terminates Western Highlands Contract
State Medicaid director Carol Steckel informs the managed care organization for eight Western N.C. counties that its contract will not be..
Training Improves Police Response to Mental Health Crisis
More cops around the state are going through Crisis Intervention Training, which helps them learn how to best respond to people with mental..
What Poetry Can Teach Us About the Autistic Brain
A professor of English teaches neurobiologists at Duke a thing or two about the brains of people with autism. By Stephanie Soucheray..
Bill Provides Relief for Mentally Ill in Legal Limbo
A bill revived from last year’s session would keep defendants with mental health problems from bouncing between state psychiatric..
