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Older white man in suit gestures to a younger white man sitting in a chair behind him at a townhall discussion about mental helath care and the rising mental health crisis numbers

State officials tout ‘once in a lifetime’ investment in North Carolina’s mental health services

by Taylor Knopf October 6, 2023December 23, 2024

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

A young white girl with blonde hair covering her face sits at a table on a screened in porch drawing, which is part of mental health therapy homework

Durham 11-year-old was sexually assaulted in NC psychiatric hospital, parents allege

by Taylor Knopf November 30, 2022May 12, 2025

many stick figure people in front of a real hospital emergency patient registration sign, they represent all the people in mental health crisis who sit in the emergency department waiting for a psychiatric bed

New mental health data show ‘unsustainable’ burden on NC hospitals

by Taylor Knopf August 22, 2022December 23, 2024

shows a man in a suit standing at a podium gesturing with his hands. On the front of the podium is the NC state seal. Behind him are a bank of state and US flags

State budget funds some mental health crisis response and hospital diversion efforts

by Taylor Knopf November 18, 2021November 29, 2021

photo is a close up of hands cuffed behind someone's back

NC didn’t track the data on mental health commitments, so some advocates did it instead.

by Taylor Knopf December 21, 2020November 15, 2022