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photo of a table at a gun show covered with firearms. Researchers think that reducing the number of guns is only one part of reducing gun violence.
Posted inChildren's Health

Suicide rates of teenage boys are skyrocketing because of firearm access

by The 19th September 30, 2023September 29, 2023

By Jennifer Gerson Suicide rates were 3.2 times higher for teenage boys than teen girls between 2018 and 2020 — with guns increasingly playing an outsize role. Boys and young men represent 80 percent of all youth suicide deaths, and 90 percent of all those who die by suicide using a firearm. “Few people know that the majority of gun […]

Posted inState Health Policy

State budget heavy on health care spending

by Rose Hoban and Anne Blythe September 22, 2023September 22, 2023
shows solitary confinement cell: a bed and a toilet in a barren room
Posted inPrison Health

People who spent time in solitary confinement say it had lasting effects on their mental, physical health

by Rachel Crumpler September 14, 2023September 13, 2023
image shows a hand holding a cell phone with the number 988 selected, the new mental health crisis line
Posted inMental Health

A look at North Carolina’s first year with the 988 mental health crisis line

by Taylor Knopf September 11, 2023September 10, 2023
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.
Posted inMental Health

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

by Taylor Knopf September 8, 2023September 7, 2023
Posted inMental Health

Approaches to student mental health vary on UNC System campuses that are still reeling from effects of pandemic

by Jennifer Fernandez September 7, 2023September 6, 2023

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