Mental Healthcare /tags/mental-healthcare Mental Healthcare en-US Copyright Fri, 19 Jul 2024 17:01:00 GMT Committed: Life Inside a Psychiatric Hospital /show/embodied/2024-07-19/committed-psychiatric-hospital-mental-health-institutionalization-deinstitutionalization Tens of thousands of Americans each year are voluntarily and involuntarily committed into psychiatric institutes. A memoirist and an organizer share their experiences inside the wards. Fri, 19 Jul 2024 17:01:00 GMT /show/embodied/2024-07-19/committed-psychiatric-hospital-mental-health-institutionalization-deinstitutionalization Paige Miranda, Anita Rao, Amanda Magnus DHHS audit of mental health agency finds millions in payments to executives, law firm ahead of merger /health/2024-07-09/eastpointe-health-survices-trillium-merger-dhhs-audit-payments-executives-law-firm The payments came after Eastpointe Health Services was ordered to merge with Trillium, the audit finds. Thousands of emails were also deleted ahead of the consolidation. Tue, 09 Jul 2024 19:43:08 GMT /health/2024-07-09/eastpointe-health-survices-trillium-merger-dhhs-audit-payments-executives-law-firm Rose Hoban, North Carolina Health ¹ÏÉñapp Former NC psych hospital staff allege they were told to falsify patient records /health/2024-05-07/brynn-marr-hospital-false-patient-records Former employees of Jacksonville’s Brynn Marr Hospital allege that the facility engaged in patient record falsification and insurance manipulation. Their accounts appear to mirror past issues with the hospital’s parent company, Universal Health Services, documented in several lawsuits. Tue, 07 May 2024 15:51:22 GMT /health/2024-05-07/brynn-marr-hospital-false-patient-records Taylor Knopf/NC Health ¹ÏÉñapp Former employees say short-staffed NC psych hospital rife with violence, abuse /health/2024-05-07/brynn-marr-psych-hospital-violence-abuse More than a dozen former employees say understaffing at Brynn Marr Hospital contributes to what they describe as a dangerous place for patients and employees. Hospital officials say allegations of violence, sexual assaults, overmedication and lack of mental health therapy are unfounded. Tue, 07 May 2024 15:39:46 GMT /health/2024-05-07/brynn-marr-psych-hospital-violence-abuse Taylor Knopf/NC Health ¹ÏÉñapp $1.6 billion Medicaid 'signing bonus' to fund mental health, training — and bathrooms at a racetrack /politics/2023-11-02/billion-medicaid-bonus-mental-health-doctors-nurses-bathrooms-racetrack With the expansion of Medicaid next month, North Carolina is getting a big check from the federal government. State lawmakers plan to spend more than a billion dollars on mental healthcare, training doctors and nurses — and a few projects that don’t relate to health. Thu, 02 Nov 2023 18:27:05 GMT /politics/2023-11-02/billion-medicaid-bonus-mental-health-doctors-nurses-bathrooms-racetrack Colin Campbell State and UNC partner on mental health hospital for young people /health/2022-12-13/state-and-unc-partner-on-mental-health-hospital-for-young-people The 54-bed hospital will support children and teens experiencing mental health crises. Tue, 13 Dec 2022 21:29:57 GMT /health/2022-12-13/state-and-unc-partner-on-mental-health-hospital-for-young-people Jason deBruyn Transgender Health Outcomes Improve When Providers Take These Four Steps /health/2020-07-13/transgender-health-outcomes-improve-when-providers-take-these-four-steps Stigma, confusion and outright discrimination shape the health care experiences of many transgender and gender non-conforming people. In a national survey… Mon, 13 Jul 2020 16:15:11 GMT /health/2020-07-13/transgender-health-outcomes-improve-when-providers-take-these-four-steps Grant Holub-Moorman, Anita Rao Transgender Health Outcomes Improve When Providers Take These Four Steps /show/the-state-of-things/2020-07-13/transgender-health-outcomes-improve-when-providers-take-these-four-steps Stigma, confusion and outright discrimination shape the health care experiences of many transgender and gender non-conforming people. In a national survey… Mon, 13 Jul 2020 16:15:11 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2020-07-13/transgender-health-outcomes-improve-when-providers-take-these-four-steps Grant Holub-Moorman, Anita Rao Company's Name, Record Raise Questions About Mental Health Care In North Carolina /health/2016-06-29/companys-name-record-raise-questions-about-mental-health-care-in-north-carolina A private company that owns mental health care facilities in western North Carolina is coming under fire for its treatment record and its insensitive… Wed, 29 Jun 2016 17:27:32 GMT /health/2016-06-29/companys-name-record-raise-questions-about-mental-health-care-in-north-carolina Will Michaels, Frank Stasio Company's Name, Record Raise Questions About Mental Health Care In North Carolina /show/the-state-of-things/2016-06-29/companys-name-record-raise-questions-about-mental-health-care-in-north-carolina A private company that owns mental health care facilities in western North Carolina is coming under fire for its treatment record and its insensitive… Wed, 29 Jun 2016 17:27:32 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2016-06-29/companys-name-record-raise-questions-about-mental-health-care-in-north-carolina Will Michaels, Frank Stasio