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7085
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Botts discusses legislation enacted by the 1995 North Carolina General Assembly that affects substance abuse, developmental disabilities, and mental health services. Legislative enactments include changes in the Willie M. program, court-ordered treatment, and domiciliary care facilities.
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7086
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Botts discusses legislation enacted by the 1997 North Carolina General Assembly that affects substance abuse, developmental disabilities, and mental health services. Legislative enactments include reorganization of the Department of Health and Human Services, welfare reform, confidentiality, and the open meetings law.
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9093
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Botts discusses legislation enacted by the 1998 North Carolina General Assembly that affects substance abuse, developmental disabilities, and mental health services. Legislative enactments include appropriations, the Psychotherapy Sexual Exploitations Act, juvenile justice reform, and children with special needs.
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4431
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Botts discusses legislation enacted by the 1999 North Carolina General Assembly that affects substance abuse, developmental disabilities, and mental health services.
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4900
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Botts discusses legislation enacted by the 2000 North Carolina General Assembly that affects substance abuse, developmental disabilities, and mental health services, including appropriations, federal block grants, and children's services.
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5295
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Botts discusses legislation enacted by the 2001 North Carolina General Assembly that affects substance abuse, developmental disabilities, and mental health services. An Act to Phase In Implementation of Mental Health System Reform at the State and Local Level, which will affect administration and delivery services, was an important piece of legislation, as was the Appropriations Act.
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Mental Health Law Bulletin
(NoCar KFN 7491 I5 M43), Vol. Issue 7, Mar 2002,
p1-16
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7084
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Botts discusses legislation enacted by the 2003 North Carolina General Assembly that affects substance abuse, developmental disabilities, and mental health services. Legislative enactments included statutes governing the confidentiality of client information and laws affecting the licensure of substance abuse, developmental disabilities, and mental health services and facilities.
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Mental Health Law Bulletin
(NoCar KFN 7491 I5 M43), Vol. Issue 8, Sept 2003,
p1-12
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7083
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Botts discusses legislation enacted by the 2004 North Carolina General Assembly that affects substance abuse, developmental disabilities, and mental health services. Legislative enactments affect areas including community alternatives programs, substance abuse services for persons convicted of driving while impaired, and criminal records checks.
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9094
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Botts discusses legislation enacted by the 2006 North Carolina General Assembly that affects substance abuse, developmental disabilities, and mental health services, with particular attention given to legislation affecting publicly funded services.
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Mental Health Law Bulletin
(NoCar KFN 7491 I5 M43), Vol. Issue 10, Nov 2006,
p1-15
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18504
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In 1981, the state had 41 community mental health centers providing a range of services from education to treatment for children to adults. Community center success grew from better understanding of mental health issues and aimed to serve individuals on a local level rather than state level. The article reviews both successes and obstacles of the community mental health program.
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2564
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The earliest treatment of mental illness was to lock up the victims. As understanding grew, the state provided leadership. Now local government is looked to for leadership in providing solutions.
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43442
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The city of Durham, NC has launched 3 new safety pilot programs in an effort to better assist those with behavioral and mental health difficulties. Operating under H.E.A.R.T, or Holistic Empathetic Assistance Response Teams, personnel hopes to provide an alternative approach to traditional police policies and procedures.
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18505
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Early intervention refers to community-based programs across the state devoted to education and treatment of emotionally disturbed youth. These programs began in 1975 after the General Assembly approved $1.2 million in support. In 1981, there were programs in 21 counties offering consultation, education, and even treatment to prevent emotionally disturbed children from maturing into emotionally disturbed adults.
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28351
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El Futuro is the winner of a 2007 Indy Citizen Award. El Futuro is a nonprofit mental health center dedicated to treating the state’s underserved, and largely uninsured, Latino population. Founded by Luke Smith in Carrboro the group pooled the efforts of therapists and psychiatrists who spoke Spanish and were familiar with the culture of area Latinos. Staff members treat everything from immigration-related trauma and depression to sexual addiction and alcoholism through building relationships with their clients.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 24 Issue 47, November 2007,
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31358
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Grace Freeman is a renown, award-winning poet who, for the last eight years, has worked as a poetry therapist at Gaston-Lincoln Mental Health Center in Gastonia. Freeman helps patients to reduce their anxiety and to express their true feelings through poetry. Her work has helped make poetry therapy as acceptable to health care institutions as alternative therapy techniques involving the creative and fine arts.
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