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Funds for mental health in governor's plan Easley's 'sin taxes' called unlikely Mental health system comes full circle Roundtable tries to close mental health gaps Officials discuss mental health concerns Survey Answers on Mental Health Questions Governor candidates have own plans to fix mental health system Local Providers Call for Gradual Mental-Health Reform State wants to merge local offices Feds withhold $175 million from state System failure looming Poor aftercare cited in 3 deaths State faces lawsuit over mental health Good health ideas Help for the suffering Series: Mental Disorder: the Failure of Reform - Butner mental hospital warned Series: Mental Disorder: the Failure of Reform - State keeps mentally ill teen at jail In North Carolina, Really Outsider Art Mentally ill eager to help fix system DHHS releases Mercer report on LMEs Reforming Mental Health Reform Health-services provider is unusual success Fixes for mental care put forward How the candidates would fix metal health care system Repairing the reforms A mind for reform Series: Mental Disorder: the Failure of Reform - Mental health deaths must be reported Details surface on death of mental patient State's top mental health officials say safety net needs repairs Mental health agency recruits providers Governor candidates tackle mental health Mental health plan in works Mental health plan in works Series: Mental Disorder: the Failure of Reform - What is state doing to fix the system? DHHS official retires Easley vows to fix mental health system Mental hospital's opening delayed third time Series: Mental Disorder: the Failure of Reform - Easley seeks power to fix mental health Series: Mental Disorder: the Failure of Reform - Fired press aide: Easley office wanted e-mail killed Series: Mental Disorder: the Failure of Reform - Fired press aide: Easley office wanted e-mail killed Governor Easley on Mental Health Easley says he opposed reform, Crane fired Easley talks about mental health system Orr Releases Mental Health Plan and calls for Investigation of Failed Mental Health Reform Series: Mental Disorder: the Failure of Reform - Lawmakers promise better care Fundraiser passes ethics test Series: Mental Disorder: the Failure of Reform - Patients die from poor care; families don't hear full story Series touches a nerve Series: Mental Disorder: the Failure of Reform - Caregivers abuse patients -- and usually get away with it 2 to share top mental-health job Series: Mental Disorder: the Failure of Reform - Crowded hospitals turn patients away New Leadership Team Set for Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services Mental Health Care Downsizing Series: Mental Disorder: the Failure of Reform - Serious mental therapy fades Series: Mental Disorder: the Failure of Reform - Opting out of federal rules, Piedmont pays for better care Series: Mental Disorder: the Failure of Reform - Patients in crisis can't get local help Series: Mental Disorder: the Failure of Reform - System stymies care for alcohol, drug abuse State office hopefuls discuss mental health Series: Mental Disorder: the Failure of Reform - Companies cash in on new service Series: Mental Disorder: the Failure of Reform - Community support can help if it's well-focused Series: Mental Disorder: the Failure of Reform - State clamps down on claims At $61 an hour, community support provided a movie buddy and a shopping companion Mental Disorder: The Failure of Reform - Multimedia Reform wastes millions, fails mentally ill State's mental health leader quits State's Mental Health Service Providers Struggle Mosely Retires as Director of North Carolina Mental Health Services Mental Disorder: Failure of reform February 25 - Coalition Candidate Forum Click here for more info on the Coalition Candidate Forum. Four Drug-Free centers to close in NC Partnership For A Drug-Free NC Will Close Four Clinics N.C. Mental health care suffers funding cut New Mental Health-Care Policy Has to Change, Easley Says Mental health provider cutting services Policy Change May Send More Disabled People to State Hospitals Mental health advocacy groups launched a website The search for solutions - HRMC steps up to help fix mental health care New mental health Web site targets N.C. candidates WNC sheriffs convene mental health summit Few facilities available for extreme mental patients New River Behavioral Healthcare - Working for a broader approach to treatment The state of mental health care - A fractured system is in danger of breaking down completely, leaving officials wondering - how did it get this bad? MHA/NC News Release WilMed closing psych ward
