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Tag: mental health

Posted inMental Health

The therapeutic power of art in mental health recovery

by Taylor Knopf February 3, 2022February 3, 2022
trailers with barb wire around them
Posted inPrison Health

Breaking Point: Two years of pandemic measures take a toll on prisoners during Omicron surge

by Elizabeth Thompson January 28, 2022August 31, 2022
trailers with barb wire around them
Posted inPrison Health

Prisoners on work release fear bringing in COVID from the outside, then spreading it inside

by Elizabeth Thompson December 16, 2021August 31, 2022
Boxes of Narcan are visible
Posted inSubstance Use

Decreasing opioid deaths, not with abstinence, but harm reduction

by Elizabeth Thompson December 10, 2021August 31, 2022
beyond a fence two fences, one topped with razor wire, about a dozen men play on a bleak basketball court. Many people with mental illness end up in the prison system
Posted inPrison Health

Outside the binary and behind bars: Incarcerated transgender and intersex people face challenges

by Elizabeth Thompson November 22, 2021August 31, 2022
photo shows an ornate room with the state seal of North Carolina above the dias at the front, and seats where state senators sit in a semi-circular arrangement.
Posted inState Health Policy

Funds for opioid treatment in jails and after release; prison facility improvement in budget

by Elizabeth Thompson November 17, 2021August 31, 2022

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