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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.
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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.
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Medicare now covers therapy appointments with licensed marriage and family counselors, and licensed professional counselors.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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WakeMed Health and Hospitals will provide hospital-level mental health and substance use disorder treatments at WakeBrook, the mental health hospital in Raleigh.
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A shortage of psychiatrists is forcing teens in crisis into crowded emergency rooms and inpatient centers as anxiety and depression surge; "the constant answer was wait, wait and wait."
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When parents cannot find treatment for their children, or cannot afford the available treatment, their last resort may be refusing to pick up their children from a hospital. This sparks a call to social services — which sometimes is the only way to get the needed care.
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For the past two months, WFAE has been exploring the crisis brewing in North Carolina’s mental health system. That includes a shortage of state hospital beds.