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12790
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Previously an insurance salesmen from Chapel Hill, John Wesley Umstead, Jr. shifted trades after the loss of a son in 1944, becoming one of the most influential people of North Carolina in the field of mental health. Appointed to the State Hospitals Board of Control, as overseer of mental hospitals in 1945, Umstead is noted as being responsible for the emergence of North Carolina as one of the premier locations for the treatment of mental health problems nationwide.
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18894
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The state offers citizens with mental health, developmental disabilities, and substance abuse problems a variety of treatment options through 15 different facilities. It is estimated that 14 percent of the state's population requires one form or another of these services. Of the fifteen facilities are four psychiatric hospitals, three developmental centers, three neuro-medical centers, three alcohol and drug abuse treatment centers, and two residential facilities for children with severe emotional/behavioral disorders. The article looks at these facilities and the number of citizens using services offered by the same.
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North Carolina Insight
(NoCar JK 4101 N3x), Vol. 23 Issue Sp. Rpt., Mar 2011,
p2-57, il
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19289
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Public health advocates are drawing attention to immigrants being denied access to mental health services in Orange and Chantham counties. The problem lies in the \"managed care organizations\" plan which distributes state funds to private providers. Specifically the provider for this area, Cardinal Innovations, is being scrutinized for possible denying or ignoring the health needs of immigrants within these counties.
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23972
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The North Carolina Senate seeks to cut funding for the state's mental health organizations, even though Medicaid spending on mental health is far too low.
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43421
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Psychiatric patients are expressing that it feels criminalizing to exhibit poor mental health. Frequently, North Carolina patients are transported to the Holly Hill psychiatric hospital in Raleigh, and while in transport it is procedure that patients are handcuffed due to safety precautions. Due to local law enforcement officers having little expertise with mental health, government officials are considering contracting private security company's that do have experience in this field to ensure that the safety of all parties will be guaranteed.
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28216
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The Dorothea Dix mental health hospital in Raleigh is closing. There is an increasing nationwide trend of state hospitals for the mentally ill closing due to a lack of funding. These hospitals are often turned into expensive condos while the former patients of the hospitals find themselves in jails after losing their mental health care facilities and funding. People who are mentally ill and Dorothea Dix’s legacy deserve better and states should do more to help them.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 24 Issue 7, February 2007,
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25707
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In the national movement to improve care and services for children with emotional issues, East Carolina University researchers are leading the way through a project called Pitt Edgecombe Nash-Public Academic Liaison (PEN-PAL). The project brings together multi-agency service providers, communities, and families for a seamless system of care for over 400 children who suffer with issues such as attention deficit disorder, anxiety, depression, and oppositional defiant disorder.
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17851
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The General Assembly consolidated several capacities of the Department of Public Health and Welfare in 1963 to form the Department of Mental Health. Under the leadership of Dr. Eugene Hargrove, three divisions run by a Deputy Commissioner were created; the Division of Mental Retardation, the Division of Mental hospitals, and the Division of Community Mental Health Services. Through these divisions specific programs focused on research, alcohol rehabilitation, and mentally disabled children.
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40592
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The Evening Muse in NoDa offers a form of talk therapy that doesn’t happen in a therapist’s office. The R U OK, CLT? series combines honest dialogue about mental illness with musical and artistic performances, with the atmosphere intended to encourage individuals with mental illness to talk about their experiences.
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Durham’s Kenneth Maready is facing a fifty-year sentence for killing a woman while driving under the influence. Maready’s story highlights the need for mental health services, but the inability of the poor to pay for them. Prison is often the only resort for people who suffer from mental illness and the only place they can receive limited treatment. Maready discusses his history of mental illness, substance abuse, suicide attempts, family life, and prison sentences.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 24 Issue 45, November 2007,
p15-21
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