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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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27705
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North Carolina prisons are currently operating with dozens of vacant positions for mental health workers. Vacancies were reported to have had a “very negative” impact on patient care by the Department of Public Services in 2012. Inmates with mental illnesses are increasing and the lack of staff to accommodate them has already been attributed to helping cause Michael Anthony Kerr’s death in 2014.
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28346
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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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25830
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Psychiatrist Diana Perkins created Outreach and Support Intervention Services (OASIS) to help people with early stages of schizophrenia understand and control their illness. Patients are offered psychotherapy, group therapy, ongoing education, home visits, and support for family members.
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