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Two men in orange jail jumpsuits sit at a table learning about court personnel. A mental health clinician is leading a session as part of Mecklenburg's capacity restoration program.

Frustrated by defendants languishing in their jails, three sheriffs bring mental health treatment behind bars

by Rachel Crumpler March 3, 2025March 4, 2025

Jackson Hedgepeth, a man wearing a black shirt with dark brown hair, looks out a window. Jackson has disabilities and has been waiting in an ED for a better place to stay.

NC man with disabilities waits months in an ED for a better place to stay

by Emily Vespa January 24, 2025April 29, 2025

From abortion to Hurricane Helene to medical debt, here’s what drew readers to NC Health News in 2024

by Rose Hoban, Will Atwater, Jaymie Baxley, Anne Blythe, Michelle Crouch, Charlotte Ledger, Rachel Crumpler, Taylor Knopf and Grace Vitaglione December 31, 2024December 30, 2024

An art installation created at a statewide summit on suicide prevention. The display has the words "We See You" in purple surrounded by Polaroid pictures of summit attendees. The art represents the message attendees are spreading in their communities to help people struggling with mental health challenges and to prevent suicide.

Communities across N.C. work to curb suicides amid worsening mental health crisis

by Rachel Crumpler June 25, 2024June 25, 2024

Shows a large brick building with a sign in the foreground that reads "emergency."

Mission nurses call for management to address workplace violence

by Asheville Watchdog June 22, 2024June 21, 2024

a young Black woman stands in front of a fenced in garden planted with rows of small bushes. She's the founder of a farm that will also be a mental health facility.

Planting the seeds for a care farm to help people with mental health needs

by Rose Hoban May 8, 2024May 16, 2024