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Providing Support When Its Needed Most NAMI Vermont recently teamed up with a local hospital to provide NAMI Connection to individuals right in the psychiatric unit.

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Regulating Glutamate May Help Early Detection of Schizophrenia, Study Finds

-more at NAMI.org-

October 2009

Budget Cuts hitting mental health with 'vengeance'

Mom's Depression Tied to Child Abuse in Some Families - ABC News

Advocates: Mental health system in state of emergency

Budget cuts straining mental health services

NAMI Applauds NPR Story Highlighting Mental Health on Campus

Smoking by mental ill patients at Evanston Park irks parents - NAMI Greater Chicago

September 2009

Dix hospital to stay open

From Anger to Advocacy

Glass half full is not enough - NC Policy Watch with Fitzsimon

August 2009

Psychiatric leader passes away - read here about Dr. Nakhleh Zarzar in a 2004 Psychiatric News article

DHHS budget cuts worry patient advocates

Suicide risk with antidepressants linked to age

Kids as young as 3 can have chronic depression

Scientists try to stop schizophrenia in its tracks

Man's death turns glare on Cherry Hospital

Perdue halts tax package deal

SBI probes mental patient's death

New documents show Walden House murder suspect had history of violence

Mental health spending slashed

OCD national meeting draws past, present sufferers

Picture changes for former mental hospital chief

Economic fears delay publication of Dix book

July 2009

Hoopla and Disappointment in Schizophrenia Research

Homes for troubled kids could see cutbacks

NC House panel narrowly OK's death penalty change

N.C. owes $300 million in Medicaid payments

Plan for psychiatric emergency center moves forward with state's approval

Cherry Hospital bans negative comments

Scientist try to stop schizophrenia in its tracks

NC mental hospital can get federal money again

Worker charged over nude photo

Mental hospital deaths to be disclosed

Perdue signs NC patient death disclosure into law

June 2009

Shame on the system

Gene variants linked to higher schizophrenia risk

Students offer visions for Dix

Mental hospitals may lose schools

Report: NC youth falling through the cracks

Mental health advocates rally for funds

Cut care, invite trouble

Advocates for disabled vow to sue over budget cuts

Telling her story

Caught between revenue and a hard place - NC Policy Watch

Supreme Court victory for parents of disabled students

Nude photo found on hospital phone

Pop-Up Expenses - Letter to the Editor

A state's shame

FDA urges caution in weighing risks of ADHD drugs

Broughton decision won't be appealed

Breaking Point: Mental Health services face cuts as the state seeks to close the budget gap

Linden Lodge: NAMI Builds a New Home for Dreams

Special-needs school could become casualty of state budget cuts

May 2009

Center tries to patch the holes in the mental health safety net

Hospital Crisis: Wait of 8 Days

Report: Discipline Methods Endager Disabled Kids

Ex-Cherry Hospital workers convicted of assaulting patient

Teen Taser Death

Ellen S. Holliman: Our strained safety net for mental health needs

Mental health courts increase despite debates

Anti-bullying bill clears hurdle

Five Brunswick school employees fired for leaving disabled boy behind

A fall - - really?

April 2009

Cherry Hospital gets new director

Death at Cherry Hospital was natural

Mentally Ill a Threat in Nursing Homes

Furloughs, pay cuts ordered for state workers

SBI probes hospital sex report

New Online Database Offers Resources for Troubled Youth

Doctors are opting out of medicare

Plan will keep Dorothea Dix open three more years

Rockingham County to change mental health services

Update: Rockingham County votes to close County mental health agency

Gastonia mental health clinic closes, leaving clients with unanswered questions

Finding referrals for mental health patients often elusive

March 2009

Crisis center itself facing crisis

Judge vindicates Broughton Hospital

Report: Mental health basics unsettled

TN Editorial: Reforming 'reform' won't be easy

Debate over drugs for ADHD reignites

Cansler, Nesbitt forecast better days for mental health

Perdue: Release patient death details

Perdue budget trims mental health

Fayetteville police arrest gunman after standoff

Perdue budget trims mental health

State home for disabled violated rules

A silenced drug study creates an uproar

Disability advocate says state is stalling: Group awaits report on patient's death

DHHS head: Arrests show we're serious

Harvard Medical School in Ethics Quandry

Patient's suicide try could cost mental hospital U.S. money

Mental health provider closes offices statewide

Board members confused about McDevitt contract

NC mental health system gets a D

In-depth look at NC's D grade for mental health

February 2009

Benton selected to lead new state office

Feds warn state on Butner hospital

Most substance abusers seek treatment for drugs

Wilmington mental health agency will stay open despite money problems

Audit report released for a mental health care center in Wilmington

Funding for Dix and Butner at risk
Ahearn: Subject 10-96: It never hurts to train an officer

Mental-health services provider in Winston-Salem proposed round-the-clock psychiatric emergency center

State mental hospital passes inspection

Thousands spent to fix building where kids kept

January 2009

Forsyth Co. Mental Health Services Detailed In Report

Officials: NC mental health patients can still get care

Federal Surveyors visit Broughton and Central Regional Hospitals

DHHS Sec. Lanier Cansler Appoints Maria F. Spaulding as Deputy Secretary

State: First 100 days critical to AMHC rebound

Perdue picks lobbyist to head DHHS
Perdue chooses new HHS leader
Easley's mental health reform a ‘train wreck'

School-based health centers address care needs

State awards $265m service contract
State's health plan nearly broke
Helping the mentally ill
New mental hospital gets a director
State chief: AMHC not denied waiver
AMHC board fires Franklin
Health care could nab $100B payday
NAMI Albemarle Chapter reacts to LME changes
Mental health professionals wait for word on next steps
Death Penaly Curb Debated
President-Elect Obama Honors NAMI’s Matt Kuntz in Whistle Stop Tour to Inauguration
NC regulators tracking center's problems
3 charged in psych-patient abuse
State to take over AMHC

Law seeks to ban execution for mentally ill
For real mental health reform, listen to the consumers
Time for straight talk about the numbers
N&O: Patient buried before Cherry filed report to pathologist
Better mental health care, better N.C. economy
Wainwright pulls choice to head AMHC
Perdue visits Cherry Hospital

December 2008
Reports of death, rape allegation censored
Wake, Orange mental health care dinged
AMHC cuts jobs, closing clinics - Morrison: End of 'direct services'
State names interim director at Cherry Hospital
Butner hospital passes muster
N&O Article Student Distress Signals Sought

N&O Article on follow-up community care after discharge from state mental hospitals

1 in 5 Young Americans has Personality Disorder

Why do the Mentally Ill Die Younger?

Depression leads to internal fat in 70-somethings

Young adults hit by mental health issues

Your Brooding Teen: Just Moody or Mentally Ill? - MSNBC

Texas time warp? State criticized for mental care

Editorial: The Big Challenge

Hospital worker charged in abuse

Mental hospital deemed unsafe

November 2008

Patients wait days for beds

The crux of the state budget battle, NC Policy Watch

North Carolina's draconian juvenile justice, NC Policy Watch

Federal grant will help mentally ill inmates in NC

October 2008

Charity head denies paying travel expenses

Mental hospital's leadership is aloof and lacks staff's trust, report says

Cherry Director speaks out on negative hospital report

Move of Dix Patients Now on Hold

September 2008

Missing woman case brings to light other problems at Unique Living

Unique Living adult-care living facility remains in limbo (July 11, 2008)

August 2008

Cherry fires 4 workers

Feds descend on Cherry Hospital: Regulators will review the mental facility's operations and look into complaints

Nurses ignored patient for 22 hours before he died

Cherry Hospital works to keep federal funding

Psychiatrist hits teen, keeps his job

SBI wraps up portrait case; no action taken

State eager to speed patients' move to Butner: But standards for new hospital not met; critics cite safety

Mental hospital accreditation lost

Access to Prescription Drugs Easier for Teens

July 2008

Cops and the mentally ill: How police can better handle emotionally disturbed citizens

Congress Approves Housing Trust Fund: Why it is important to NAMI

Nurse-Family Partnership Expands To Seven More Counties in North Carolina

June 2008

Mental Illness Demands Civil, Humane Treatment - by David Cornwell, Executive Director of NC Mental Hope

Schizophrenia: Public Attitudes, Personal Needs

March 2008

The News & Observer Series - Mental Disorder: The Failure to Reform cont.

Part 4: Caregivers Abuse Patients and Usually Get Away with It

Part 5: Patients Die from Poor Care; Families Don't Hear the Full Story

NC Policy Watch, by Chris Fitzsimom: A Disturbingly Instructive Day (A look at Easely's response to questions from the press)

Easely says he opposed reform and Crane Fired: Video 1 Video 2

Mental Hospital's Opening Delayed Third Time

NC Department of Health and Human Services Official Press Release: Surveyors Recommend Removal of Immediate Jeopardy Findings Against Broughton Hospital

FEBRUARY 2008

The News & Observer Series - Mental Disorder: The Failure to Reform

Part 1: Reform Wastes Millions, Fails Mentally Ill

Part 2: Companies Cash in on New Service

Part 3: Serious Mental Therapy Fades

Related Files

Nurse Family Partnership (PDF File)