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Orange County judge ruled for mental health patients from personal experience

April 19, 2019 by Taylor Knopf

Orange County judge ruled for mental health patients from personal experience - North Carolina Health News

UNC law professor Pat DeVine is a former Catholic nun, defense attorney, prosecutor and judge. She helped start the first mental health court in the state and learned a lot about living with mental illness from her son.

By Taylor Knopf On the first night of class, UNC law professor Pat DeVine tells her students that she has an agenda. She wants every student to graduate with more in mind than making six figures a year. “I want you to have formed an opinion about how you can do some good and make […]

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Eagle program helps Mecklenburg psychosis patients spread their wings

April 2, 2019 by Yen Duong

Eagle program helps Mecklenburg psychosis patients spread their wings - North Carolina Health News

After the OASIS program at UNC-Chapel Hill opened in 2005 as the first in the country, more first-episode psychosis treatment centers have started across the country. The Eagle program is the newest of four such programs in N.C.

By Yen Duong When 21-year-old Dylan Mathis was in 11th grade, he started seeing gory hallucinations of strangers abusing him, nonexistent siblings and his actual pets. “It would be, like, really scary,” Mathis, who lived in Florida at the time, said. After experiencing more psychotic events and symptoms such as mania and depression, he went […]

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N.C.’s First Child Crisis Centers Open in Charlotte and Asheville

August 13, 2018 by Taylor Knopf

N.C.’s First Child Crisis Centers Open in Charlotte and Asheville - North Carolina Health News

It’s common for children experiencing a mental health crisis to wait in emergency departments for days or weeks to get proper care. Child crisis centers provide an alternative.

By Taylor Knopf Gwen Bartley has spent countless hours in emergency departments and at behavioral health centers around the state desperately trying to get her son help during crisis situations. He was 4 when she adopted him from foster care and out of an abusive past. On top of the childhood trauma, her boy was […]

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ACA Made it Possible for More with Mental Health Problems to Get Care

November 27, 2017 by Rose Hoban

ACA Made it Possible for More with Mental Health Problems to Get Care - North Carolina Health News

New research shows that people with a range of mental health problems were able to get insurance, and so were able to access care.

By Rose Hoban People who cope with mental health issues ranging from mild to severe were more likely to get treatment in the wake of the Affordable Care Act, according to a study led by a health economist from UNC Chapel Hill. The report, published this month in the journal Psychiatric Services, found that in […]

Clubhouses For People with Persistent Mental Illness Fear State Cuts

June 13, 2017 by Taylor Knopf

Clubhouses For People with Persistent Mental Illness Fear State Cuts - North Carolina Health News

Clubhouses such as Durham's Threshold help a population that's hard to serve and they depend on state funds - and they face another round of cuts.

By Taylor Knopf Jasmine Thomas boards a van at her group home a couple days a week to visit a special kind of clubhouse tucked away in an East Durham neighborhood. Threshold is an accredited clubhouse for adults with severe mental illnesses. It’s a place for its members to socialize, eat lunch, build life skills, […]

Keeping the Mentally Ill Out of Hospitals

May 25, 2015 by Editor

Keeping the Mentally Ill Out of Hospitals - North Carolina Health News

By Christine Vestal Stateline It is a busy Friday afternoon. Staff members check in guests at the front desk. Other employees lead visitors on tours of the upstairs bedrooms or field calls from people considering future stays. Aromas of garlic and roasted chicken seep out of the kitchen. Community Access is not a bed […]

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Group Homes Provide Support, Keep Mentally Ill from Hospital

June 24, 2013 by Rose Hoban

Group Homes Provide Support, Keep Mentally Ill from Hospital - North Carolina Health News

People with mental illness who live in group homes are anxiously waiting on lawmakers to decide about funding for their facilities for the coming year. Advocates plan to rally Tuesday in front of the General Assembly to make sure their needs are addressed in the state budget. By Rose Hoban In the years after Alex […]

Greentree Community Center in Winston-Salem is the home to a new peer support drop-in center for people wtih severe mental health problems.

Winston-Salem center will provide support for people with mental illness

July 23, 2012 by Rose Hoban

Winston-Salem center will provide support for people with mental illness - North Carolina Health News

Mental health advocates in Winston-Salem are opening a drop-in center dedicated to people with mental illness helping one another. They're driven by an emerging movement in the mental health world that focuses not just on symptom management, but recovery from serious illness.

By Rose Hoban While a classical guitarist played Mozart, a half dozen people milled about, eating cookies and salads at a community center south of downtown Winston-Salem on a recent Friday. It doesn’t sound much like what most people would think of as the scene at a mental health center, but that’s what it was: […]

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