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Group Home Funding May Run Out

About 2,000 people with severe mental illness are facing eviction from group homes at the end of the year. That was the message from group home residents and staff and mental health advocates who...

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DSM-V

The bible of the psychiatric community is undergoing a major revision. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Illness or DSM has just approved its fifth revision. The DSM-V includes big...

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Can Yoga Help Mental Illness?

Treatment for mental illness that is safe, healthy, and not too expensive can be hard to find. But new research from Duke University suggests that yoga might be effective in treating certain...

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Author Sheds Light On Realities Of Mental Illness

When Alex McKeithen was a junior at Davidson College in the late '80s, his life changed. He was visiting Paris and studying art when one day he found himself stripping naked in public and proclaiming...

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Mental Health Spending A Point Of Debate In State Budgets

Differences in state budget proposals are prompting mental health advocates to rally for more spending on group homes and treatment. Gov. Pat McCrory's budget increases spending on mental health by...

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NC State Study: Cheaper & Safer For Government To Treat Mental Illness

Researchers at NC State say it's safer and more cost effective for the government to treat people with mental illnesses. A study released this week says those who received Medicaid treatment for health...

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The Intersection of Mental Health And Developmental Disability

Parents of teenagers with mental illnesses struggle to find appropriate care. When those adolescents also have developmental disabilities, they often end up in a cycle of psychiatric treatment that...

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Why Schizophrenics Hear Voices

Schizophrenia is a frightening disease, characterized by audio and visual hallucinations. A researcher at Duke University thinks he may have a clue as to how the auditory hallucinations occur. Duke...

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Lee Smith Explores History Through Fiction

In her latest novel, Chapel Hill author Lee Smith tells the story of Asheville's Highland Hospital, a pioneering mental institution that once housed Zelda Fitzgerald. "Guests on Earth"...

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Did Durham Police Follow Protocol When Arresting 17-Year-Old Jesus Huerta?

Jesus Huerta died from a gunshot wound while in police custody last November. Did officers know he was at risk of killing himself? The teen's family says yes.Durham authorities have said the officer...

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Mentally Ill Or Criminal? Making Tough Calls In The Field

In the early morning hours of November 19, Durham youth Jesus Huerta left home. His family called 911, reported him as a troubled runaway and noted his drug problem. A Durham police officer located...

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The Unraveling Of The Family Reed

In his debut novel, Chapel-Hill based author Michael B. Jones explores a tumultuous relationship between a father and son who search for happiness and identity as their lives fall apart around them.

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Study Locates Possible Genetic Markers of Schizophrenia

An international team of researchers has made landmark progress on the study of Schizophrenia. A consortium co-founded by the University of North Carolina's Patrick Sullivan reports that it's...

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Regarding My Son: Poetry And Mental Illness

When Sonia Usatch-Kuhn's son was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, she started keeping a diary of sorts. She wrote poetry about the devastating moments when her son was institutionalized, and...

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Questions Around The Death Of A North Carolina Prisoner

On March 12, 2014, Michael Anthony Kerr, an inmate at the Alexander Correctional Institution, died from dehydration en route to a hospital in Raleigh. The treatment of Mr. Kerr in days leading up to...

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The Ice Garden

The characters in Moira Crone’s new book The Ice Garden (Carolina Wren Press/2014) have been rattling about in the author’s head for decades.

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More Than 4,000 Mentally Ill People Are Inmates In North Carolina’s Prisons

About 12 percent of the inmates in North Carolina's prisons are mentally ill, state prisons administrators told lawmakers at a hearing this week. Administrators, including David Guice, the...

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The Intersection of Guns And Anger

Craig Stephen Hicks, the man accused of killing three young people in Chapel Hill this February, could face the death penalty. A Durham County Superior Court judge ruled Monday that the prosecution...

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Healing Through Film: 'Bipolar Girl Rules The World'

When Dawn Dreyer was diagnosed with Bipolar II disorder, her therapist suggested that she make drawings as a way to cope with her depression. The drawings evolved into a comic strip about a superhero...

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Durham County Jail Plans To Improve Mental Health Services

The Durham County Sheriff's office has received more than $275,000 in federal and local funding to improve mental health services for inmates at the Durham County Detention Facility.

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