Last month, the Department of Health and Human Services announced the Crisis Solutions Initiative, a new state effort aimed at addressing the failures of Gov. Easley's 2001 mental ... Keep Reading
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Therapist Explains Mental Illness, Mental Health System
The Civitas Institute has written extensively about the problem of untreated severe mental illness in North Carolina. But what is severe mental illness? We sat down with Elizabeth ... Keep Reading
Wake County Sheriff Speaks Up On Mental Health
The sheriff of Wake County, Donnie Harrison, has over 46 years’ experience in law enforcement. He is responsible for safeguarding one of the largest jurisdictions in the state of ... Keep Reading
Prison Is Not the Place to Treat Mentally Ill
This week, allegations of abuse emerged from Central Prison. According to the Associated Press: Lawyers for an inmate who suffers from a serious mental illness say he was abused ... Keep Reading
North Carolina’s Mental Health Crisis in One Graph
Last week, the Civitas Institute published the first article in a three-part series about North Carolina’s mental health system. The article described the disastrous effect of ... Keep Reading
Mental Health Gaps Jeopardize Public Safety
This is part I of a three-part article on mental health and severe mental illnesses in North Carolina. Almost unheard of before 1966, mass shootings like the Newtown massacre ... Keep Reading
