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Tag: psychiatric care

A mom, dad and their daughter walk down the street with a large black dog and small brown dog. The daughter was admitted to Brynn Marr hospital in 2022.
Posted inMental Health

NC psych hospital failed to provide ‘safe and therapeutic’ environment, feds say

by Taylor Knopf May 10, 2023May 22, 2023

EDITOR’S NOTE: Due to stigma attached to mental illness and sexual assault, this article assigns the pseudonym Marie to a child committed to a psychiatric hospital. Her parents are identified by their first names only. A caution: This article mentions suicide and sexual assault. If you need mental health support, call or text 988 or […]

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
Posted inMental Health

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

by Taylor Knopf November 30, 2022November 30, 2022
Black woman addresses an audience with suicide prevention resources behind her and on a card in her hand
Posted inMental Health

Suicide prevention training urges people to “ask a question, save a life”

by Taylor Knopf October 31, 2022October 31, 2022
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
Posted inMental Health

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

by Taylor Knopf August 22, 2022August 22, 2022
Posted inMental Health

Sheriffs want to turn transport of psych patients over to mental health workers

by Taylor Knopf May 23, 2022May 24, 2022
photo shows a couch cushion with a book on it, Beyond Innocence: The Life Sentence of Darryl Hunt’ by Phoebe Zerwick
Posted inFeatured

‘Beyond Innocence: The Life Sentence of Darryl Hunt’

by Anne Blythe May 20, 2022May 21, 2022

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