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Photo of the front of a tan colored building with a overhang that reads Brynn Marr Hospital with rose bushes in the foreground

Former NC psych hospital staff allege they were told to falsify patient records

by Taylor Knopf May 7, 2024June 20, 2024

Blue and green sign that reads Brynn Marr Hospital in front of a parking lot with a hospital building behind it.

Former employees say short-staffed NC psych hospital rife with violence, abuse

by Taylor Knopf May 6, 2024May 8, 2024

A young man in scrubs stands in an open doorway, talking to a woman who's wearing a suit. Others are in the hallway behind her. They're standing next to a sign that reads: Occupational Therapy in a new youth psychiatric hospital.

New youth psychiatric hospital will have specialized units for substance use, disabilities

by Taylor Knopf November 9, 2023April 2, 2024

Older white man in suit gestures to a younger white man sitting in a chair behind him at a townhall discussion about mental helath care and the rising mental health crisis numbers

State officials tout ‘once in a lifetime’ investment in North Carolina’s mental health services

by Taylor Knopf October 6, 2023December 23, 2024

The image shows a hospital staff worker using a computer in a patient waiting area. At times, mental health patients in crisis can wait in emergency rooms under involuntary commitment for days or weeks for an available psychiatric bed.

What happens when you take someone in a mental health crisis to the E.R.?

by Taylor Knopf September 8, 2023May 13, 2026

A young white girl with blonde hair covering her face sits at a table on a screened in porch drawing, which is part of mental health therapy homework

Durham 11-year-old was sexually assaulted in NC psychiatric hospital, parents allege

by Taylor Knopf November 30, 2022May 12, 2025