Mental Heath

Theophilus Timothy was in his mid-20s when his family moved to Charlotte in 2019. He'd grown up with mental illness, and came out as gay in high school. He asked his mother, Kathleen Timothy, what it was like from her perspective.

Myers Park High senior Ella Typrin struggled with depression and anxiety during the pandemic. Her dogs helped her get through it. Now they do pet therapy with her at school, a children's hospital and the airport.

WFAE has been exploring the crisis brewing in North Carolina’s mental health system. That includes a shortage of state hospital beds.

Former North Carolina prisoners had sustained suicide risk, even three years after release, suggesting a need for more consistent support for people returning to the community.

Ketamine, approved as an anesthetic in 1970, is emerging as a major alternative mental health treatment. But more than 500 clinics have popped up with little regulation, and treatment varies widely.

Medicare now covers therapy appointments with licensed marriage and family counselors, and licensed professional counselors.

A new approach to schizophrenia involves managing early psychosis symptoms and keeping young people in school or jobs. The treatment is effective, but private insurance plans don't usually cover it.

At a summit on mental health in aviation, pilots and safety experts urged regulators to reform rules that discourage people from seeking treatment because they're afraid of losing clearance to fly.

The new North Carolina law was passed in the waning hours of the legislative session, but advocates worry it may go too far and hurt mental health patients.

WakeMed Health and Hospitals will provide hospital-level mental health and substance use disorder treatments at WakeBrook, the mental health hospital in Raleigh.