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Tag: mental illness

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
Posted inMental Health

A refuge for patients in mental distress with nowhere else to go

by Taylor Knopf September 28, 2021August 31, 2022
A person sits at their computer. On the screen is the LGBTQ flag with people on it.
Posted inGender health

Building community and mental health spaces went online for LGBTQ youth in North Carolina and beyond

by Elizabeth Thompson June 15, 2021August 31, 2022
Shows a woman speaking to a crowd of people sitting in a wood paneled chapel. Behind her is a rose window.
Posted inMental Health

Dix Park opens All Faiths Chapel on grounds

by Thomas Goldsmith June 1, 2021August 31, 2022
A look inside the former Dorothea Dix Chapel, which features dark wooden pews and ornate panels.
Posted inMental Health

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

by Thomas Goldsmith January 27, 2020April 12, 2021
a fence is in the foreground, with a dozen men in jumpsuits beyond it, they're sitting on benches and seveal are playing basketball. More inmates with mental illness find themselves in solitary confinement following the 2017 deaths of prison officers in NC.
Posted inPrison Health

After officer deaths, more NC inmates with mental illness find themselves in solitary confinement

by Taylor Knopf December 18, 2019December 17, 2019

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