Taylor Knopf, Author at North Carolina Health News

Two members of the Threshold Clubhouse are shown refilling the water station and chopping veggies in the kitchen before lunch.

Some NC lawmakers want more psychiatric beds. Advocates say that won’t solve the state’s mental health needs.

by Taylor Knopf March 26, 2026March 25, 2026

By Taylor Knopf Every Saturday, Linda McDonough picks up her 26-year-old daughter in Raleigh so they can spend the weekend together at her home in Chapel Hill. Typically, they go thrift shopping, visit family and friends and take in a church service before she takes her daughter back. There was a point at which this […]

a legislative committee room

NC lawmakers consider options to force psychiatric treatment for people with severe mental illness

by Taylor Knopf March 2, 2026March 2, 2026

two older white men behind a podium talk with an older woman whose back is to the camera after a meeting of the House Select Committee on Involuntary Commitment and Public Safety.

State Health Policy

NC lawmakers wrestle with broken mental health system, ask public for input

by Taylor Knopf February 26, 2026March 2, 2026

the exterior of a brick building with a large sign that reads Cherry Hospital. It's one of the state psychiatric hospitals where people land after sitting in the emergency department of a community hospital after they've been involuntary committed.

Who gets a bed in NC’s state psychiatric hospitals — and who waits?

by Rachel Crumpler and Taylor Knopf February 12, 2026February 12, 2026

cartoon style image of a doctor on the left introducing a patient to a mental health provider on the right

From referral to real time: mental health care comes to the exam room

by Taylor Knopf February 10, 2026February 9, 2026

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Built by peers, backed by the state: Inside North Carolina’s expanding peer support network

by Taylor Knopf January 8, 2026March 9, 2026