mental health crisis Archives - Page 3 of 12 - North Carolina Health News

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.

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

by Taylor Knopf September 8, 2023May 13, 2026

shows a backlit sign reading "emergency" against a dark building in the evening.

Charlotte Ledger

When the ER is the only option

by Michelle Crouch and Charlotte Ledger September 6, 2023May 12, 2024

shows a woman sitting at a counter in a clean, light colored kitchen looking at the camera. She's been hounded for a medical debt incurred because NC lacks psychiatric options other than hospitals for her son

A mom owed nearly $102,000 for hospital care. Josh Stein’s office told her to pay up.

by KFF Health News July 22, 2023July 21, 2023

A little boy who is alone on a playground runs to the jungle gym.

Children's Health

NC mental health organizations push back against plan to streamline care for foster children

by Taylor Knopf April 19, 2023April 18, 2023

shows four men wearing suits and ties, one is obviously giving a speech, while the others look on. Two of the other men are laughing.

State Health Policy

NC governor heralds progress toward broader health coverage in state of the state

by Anne Blythe March 8, 2023March 10, 2023

we see a man in a suit and tie facing the camera. He's listening to a man talking about his psychiatric advance directive and we see only the back of his head.

Health providers sometimes ignore mental health patients’ documented wishes during treatment

by Taylor Knopf February 7, 2023February 6, 2023