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Family members of people with mental illness find support, skills

August 12, 2019 by Yen Duong

Family members of people with mental illness find support, skills - North Carolina Health News

NAMI’s Family-to-Family class, offered regularly by volunteers across the U.S., teaches families how to deal with a family member with mental illness.

By Yen Duong Getting screamed at for something you didn’t do might ruin your day. But for people who have family members with mental illness, unanticipated outbursts can be just another part of everyday life that they have to cope with. “I realized that taking [the screaming] personally wasn’t ever going to make anything any […]

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New Push to Help Mental Health Patients Determine Their Treatment in Emergencies

November 14, 2018 by Rose Hoban

New Push to Help Mental Health Patients Determine Their Treatment in Emergencies - North Carolina Health News

With passage of a bill last summer, more mental health treatment providers are helping their clients fill out psychiatric advance directives.

By Rose Hoban Bill W was looking to change careers. After decades as an executive in the tire industry, he was most of the way through a program to become a chiropractor in South Carolina. But in early 2017, he rolled his truck, leaving him with broken ribs and several fractured vertebrae. Recovering slowly, in […]

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Patrick Kennedy – Fighting for Mental Health Parity

October 3, 2018 by Yen Duong

Patrick Kennedy – Fighting for Mental Health Parity - North Carolina Health News

Former congressman Patrick Kennedy, has a lot to say about the opioid crisis, medical marijuana and where the U.S. should go in addressing addiction.

By Yen Duong One of the younger members of the storied Kennedy family, former congressman Patrick Kennedy, has become an advocate for mental health and addiction treatment after going public in the late 2000’s with his own struggles with substance use and bipolar disorder. In 2017, Kennedy served on the President’s Commission on Combating Drug […]

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NC Prison Breaks Its Own Rules for Suicide Prevention

May 22, 2018 by Taylor Knopf

NC Prison Breaks Its Own Rules for Suicide Prevention - North Carolina Health News

Prison staff recently held an inmate with mental illnesses in solitary confinement for more than 150 days despite the Department of Public Safety’s policy to limit restrictive housing of prisoners with such diagnoses to one month. And advocates say this issue may be widespread.

By Taylor Knopf Last spring, Devon Davis said he was riding in the passenger seat of his early 2000s model Lexus when he and his buddy were stopped by Raleigh police. There was a gun in the vehicle. Davis said it belonged to the driver. The driver said it belonged to Davis: A classic case […]

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ACA Made it Possible for More with Mental Health Problems to Get Care

November 27, 2017 by Rose Hoban

ACA Made it Possible for More with Mental Health Problems to Get Care - North Carolina Health News

New research shows that people with a range of mental health problems were able to get insurance, and so were able to access care.

By Rose Hoban People who cope with mental health issues ranging from mild to severe were more likely to get treatment in the wake of the Affordable Care Act, according to a study led by a health economist from UNC Chapel Hill. The report, published this month in the journal Psychiatric Services, found that in […]

Clubhouses For People with Persistent Mental Illness Fear State Cuts

June 13, 2017 by Taylor Knopf

Clubhouses For People with Persistent Mental Illness Fear State Cuts - North Carolina Health News

Clubhouses such as Durham's Threshold help a population that's hard to serve and they depend on state funds - and they face another round of cuts.

By Taylor Knopf Jasmine Thomas boards a van at her group home a couple days a week to visit a special kind of clubhouse tucked away in an East Durham neighborhood. Threshold is an accredited clubhouse for adults with severe mental illnesses. It’s a place for its members to socialize, eat lunch, build life skills, […]

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Study: Mental Health Gun-restriction Laws Don’t Deter Violence, Suicide

June 14, 2016 by Rose Hoban

Study: Mental Health Gun-restriction Laws Don’t Deter Violence, Suicide - North Carolina Health News

A Duke researcher examines measures intended to keep potentially violent people from obtaining firearms and finds them lacking. By Rose Hoban In the wake of mass shootings such as the one perpetrated in Orlando this past weekend, questions invariably arise about the best ways to prevent such events from happening again. This week is no […]

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Mental Health Advocates Rally for Group Homes, Meds

June 26, 2013 by Rose Hoban

Mental Health Advocates Rally for Group Homes, Meds - North Carolina Health News

By Holly West Don’t mess with our meds!” “Save our group homes!” “Don’t cut the budget!” Those are just a few of the shouts leveled outside the N.C. Legislative Building in Raleigh Tuesday as people with mental illness and their advocates gathered to be heard. The rally was organized by the Wake County chapter of […]

Duke Researcher Brings Electricity, Magnetism to Depression Treatment

April 25, 2013 by Rose Hoban

Duke Researcher Brings Electricity, Magnetism to Depression Treatment - North Carolina Health News

Duke researcher Sarah Lisbany talks to the Wake County chapter of NAMI about neuromodulation for depression. By Stephanie Soucheray The Snake Pit, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and, more recently, Homeland. Hollywood has used the images of electroconvulsive therapy, also known as ECT, to titillate and entertain for years. But a researcher from Duke […]

Opening Doors to Housing for the Mentally Ill

September 18, 2012 by Rose Hoban

Opening Doors to Housing for the Mentally Ill - North Carolina Health News

After years of waiting, people with mental health disabilities may start seeing some housing options for them, if a new legislative committee is successful. By Rose Hoban Four years ago, Nancy ended up in the hospital with pneumonia. While there, she received steroids to reduce the fluid accumulation in her lungs. The steroids made her […]

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