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Dorothea Dix Hospital

A look inside the former Dorothea Dix Chapel, which features dark wooden pews and ornate panels.

Former chapel on NC’s Dorothea Dix campus to reopen, welcome visitors, events

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Former chapel on NC’s Dorothea Dix campus to reopen, welcome visitors, events - North Carolina Health News

All Faiths Chapel of Dorothea Dix Hospital in Raleigh will become a multi-purpose and welcome center after a $2 million renovation that’s just getting underway. Spiritual gatherings may still take place there, but it will also house concerts, meetings and educational events.

By Thomas Goldsmith The chapel that patients and staff at Raleigh’s Dorothea Dix Hospital attended for almost 60 years is getting a $2 million facelift and will greet visitors to Dix Park as well as offer concerts, community meetings, educational programs, spiritual events and more. The All Faiths Chapel opened in 1955 as a brand […]

Dorothea Dix Hospital was known for almost a century as a lunatic asylum, as seen here in the inset to the 1872 "Bird's Eye View" map of Raleigh.

As a new Dix park gathers momentum, site’s history provides complex context

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As a new Dix park gathers momentum, site’s history provides complex context - North Carolina Health News

As planning continues for a destination park on the site of the former Dorothea Dix Hospital, former employees looked back on what made the facility special and how it should be remembered.

By Thomas Goldsmith As the 308-acre Raleigh campus of Dorothea Dix Hospital is being transformed into a destination park, former employees remember it not only as a haven for people with mental illness but also as a nearly self-sufficient small town. Their memories detail many instances of caring treatment by Dix professionals. But the Dix […]

A red brick building with metal lettering that says "Broughton Hospital." In front of the building is a red ribbon for the ribbon cutting ceremony.

State unveils long-awaited psychiatric hospital in Morganton

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State unveils long-awaited psychiatric hospital in Morganton - North Carolina Health News

After a more than seven year wait, patients will move into Broughton Hospital’s new facility in the coming weeks, officials said.

By Liora Engel-Smith Health officials showered accolades on the state health department’s newest psychiatric facility at an outdoor ribbon-cutting ceremony in Morganton on Wednesday. Officials touted the new Broughton Hospital’s roughly 477,000 square-feet structure’s sunny hallways, onsite pharmacy and dental clinic and bathrooms that offer patients a modicum of privacy. The red-brick structure’s debut came […]

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NC health department would face ‘dramatic’ cuts under proposed budget

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NC health department would face ‘dramatic’ cuts under proposed budget - North Carolina Health News

Sec. Mandy Cohen spent big portions of her week walking the halls of the legislature, to push back against cuts to DHHS.

By Taylor Knopf and Rose Hoban As the state budget moves toward what looks to be an inevitable veto from Gov. Roy Cooper, state health leaders are raising alarm about some of the budget provisions drafted by Republican state lawmakers. Health and Human Services Sec. Mandy Cohen argues that some of the deep cuts could […]

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State senators unveil their budget, negotiations can begin

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State senators unveil their budget, negotiations can begin - North Carolina Health News

The $23.9 billion dollar spending plan was rolled out Tuesday morning in a high-level summary, the real numbers followed later that day.

By Taylor Knopf and Emily Davis State Senate leaders rolled out their two-year budget proposal for North Carolina on Tuesday, highlighting several health care provisions. State senators want to address mental health needs by funding a psychologist for every North Carolina school district, adding additional money for addiction recovery treatment, and by adding staffing and […]

Program Spurs Conversation, Debate on Future Dix Memorial

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Program Spurs Conversation, Debate on Future Dix Memorial - North Carolina Health News

More than a hundred people gathered Sunday afternoon to reflect and discuss what should be part of a memorial to the now-shuttered mental health facility. By Thomas Goldsmith Dorothea Dix, the former state mental hospital in Raleigh, once formed a community where patients and professionals left the grounds together to attend plays at Memorial Auditorium, […]

Dorothea Dix Hospital was known for almost a century as a lunatic asylum, as seen here in the inset to the 1872 "Bird's Eye View" map of Raleigh.

Dorothea Dix Hospital – Interactive History Timeline

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Dorothea Dix Hospital – Interactive History Timeline - North Carolina Health News

The now-shuttered Raleigh psychiatric facility has a storied history that extends back more than a century-and-a-half. By Thomas Goldsmith and Rose Hoban On Sunday, Oct. 16, North Carolina Health News will host Lives on the Hill, an event to spur discussion on what should be included in a memorial to Dorothea Dix Hospital. In order […]

North Carolina DHHS official Dale Armstrong addresses the August meeting of the statewide Consumer and Family Advisory Committee on behavorial health issues.

Mental-Health Initiatives Get Once-over from State Community & Family Advisory Council

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Mental-Health Initiatives Get Once-over from State Community & Family Advisory Council - North Carolina Health News

By Thomas Goldsmith North Carolinians from Buncombe County to Little Washington, with a stake in the consumer side of mental health care, had some sharp questions last week for the state Department of Health and Human Services about coverage provided by state- and Medicaid-funded managed care organizations provide. The occasion was the monthly meeting of […]

NC Health News Launches Dix History Project

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NC Health News Launches Dix History Project - North Carolina Health News

NC Health News staff and writers were on the grounds of the old Dorothea Dix Hospital in Raleigh Saturday collecting stories of people who had connections to the institution. The city of Raleigh sponsored an all-day event, Destination Dix, meant to get people out onto the property, which was acquired by the city from the […]

As of Friday, Franklin Medical Center will be shut down. Photo credit: Taylor Sisk

Duke Lifepoint, WakeMed to Vie for Hospital Services in Franklin County

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Duke Lifepoint, WakeMed to Vie for Hospital Services in Franklin County - North Carolina Health News

A recently closed hospital gets another shot at life in the state budget passed last week. By Thomas Goldsmith, with reporting by Rose Hoban WakeMed and Duke Lifepoint are the leading candidates to take advantage of a door opened by the completed North Carolina state budget, an opportunity to take over services at the former […]

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