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A man stands at a podium talking, while another man, who is wearing a mask against COVID, stands behind him. They're both wearing suits and ties.
Posted inMental Health

NC Governor announces proposal to invest $1 billion in mental health services

by Taylor Knopf March 8, 2023March 8, 2023

By Taylor Knopf In his State of the State address Monday, Gov. Roy Cooper said the “youth mental health crisis cannot be ignored,” adding that he would soon “propose a plan that makes historic investments in the whole-person health.”  On Wednesday, Cooper announced his plan to invest $1 billion in mental health and substance use […]

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.
Posted inMental Health

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

by Taylor Knopf February 7, 2023February 6, 2023
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
Posted inMental Health

Big changes are needed to turn the tide of North Carolina’s mental health crisis, health leaders say

by Taylor Knopf August 23, 2022January 10, 2023
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

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

by Taylor Knopf September 28, 2021August 31, 2022
Posted inMental Health

First peer-run respite opens as alternative to hospitalization for people in mental health distress

by Taylor Knopf August 18, 2021August 31, 2022

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