Using nature to treat mental health patients
By Rose Hoban The impulse to retreat to nature to improve and sustain one’s mental health has a long history — from the times of…
By Rose Hoban The impulse to retreat to nature to improve and sustain one’s mental health has a long history — from the times of…
This article was co-published with WRAL-TV. By Taylor Knopf Days after her 21st birthday in March 2023, Mo Hatcher found herself short of breath and…
EDITOR’S NOTE: This article mentions self-harm, suicide, sexual assault, violence and psychiatric hospitalization. If you need mental health support, call or text 988 or consult…
By Jaymie Baxley Under a new federal rule, home health care providers in North Carolina will be required to put most of the money they…
By Taylor Knopf North Carolinians in need of mental health support now have more places to call — and soon will have more places to…
By Rachel Crumpler Ninety-five percent of incarcerated people in North Carolina prisons will one day return home — roughly 18,000 people this year alone. But…
By Rose Hoban Now that Gov. Roy Cooper has checked expanding Medicaid off his gubernatorial to-do list, he has shifted his health care focus to…
By Anne Blythe There’s an old saying that age is just a number. But when you look at the state demographer’s projected growth of the…
By Anne Blythe It has been a busy few weeks in the courts for an organization that has been a staunch advocate for North Carolinians…
By Taylor Knopf Later this month, a new 54-bed youth psychiatric hospital in Butner will open its doors to help North Carolina’s children and teens…