Loneliness and depression caused by lock downs
Published: Sunday, March 10th, 2024 @ 11:33 pm
By: Countrygirl1411
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As part of its commitment to improve the health and well-being of North Carolina children and families, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today announced the launch of its Child Behavioral Health dashboard.
Published: Saturday, February 24th, 2024 @ 11:12 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services distributed funds this week to county departments of social services to help improve placements for children in DSS custody who have complex behavioral health needs.
Published: Thursday, February 22nd, 2024 @ 5:12 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is committed to improving youth behavioral health in North Carolina and is leveraging the historic investment from the NC General Assembly to ensure everyone receives the care they need when and where they need it.
Published: Friday, February 2nd, 2024 @ 5:17 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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A set of 23 new laws went into effect on Oct. 1 in North Carolina.
Published: Sunday, January 28th, 2024 @ 8:46 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today updated its weekly Respiratory Virus Summary Dashboard, which shows high volumes of people being seen in hospital emergency departments with respiratory illness symptoms across North Carolina.
Published: Saturday, January 27th, 2024 @ 11:22 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Gov Roy Cooper and NCDHHS Secretary Kody Kinsley announced Monday that Medicaid expansion will begin on Dec. 1.
Published: Monday, January 15th, 2024 @ 9:32 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today announced historic Medicaid reimbursement rate increases will soon be implemented for most mental health, substance use, intellectual and developmental disabilities and traumatic brain injury services in North Carolina.
Published: Sunday, December 3rd, 2023 @ 8:34 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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144-bed hospital anticipated to open in Spring 2025
Published: Sunday, November 19th, 2023 @ 6:09 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Today, on World Mental Health Day, the North Carolina Department of Health & Human Services is celebrating an unprecedented $835 million investment in behavioral health.
Published: Tuesday, November 7th, 2023 @ 4:41 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Members of Congress toured hospitals, joined community leaders at roundtable discussion
Published: Thursday, October 26th, 2023 @ 7:28 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Suicide is a statewide and national public health crisis impacting people of all ages across all socioeconomic, racial and ethnic backgrounds. Suicide awareness is key to saving lives, and with September recognized as Suicide Prevention Awareness Month
Published: Monday, October 2nd, 2023 @ 8:14 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Cooper now has 13 vetoes this session. Eight have been overridden by the legislature. Two more are scheduled for override votes on Wednesday.
Published: Wednesday, September 27th, 2023 @ 6:02 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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On Thursday, the North Carolina General Assembly passed a “bipartisan solution” to a foster care issue that is “much needed right now.”
Published: Monday, September 18th, 2023 @ 11:33 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Anxiety, depression, and suicide attempts are common causes.
Published: Thursday, September 14th, 2023 @ 5:44 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Walter B. Jones Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Center in Greenville, N.C., has been recognized as one of the Best Addiction Treatment Centers in America for 2023 in Newsweek’s annual rankings.
Published: Sunday, August 27th, 2023 @ 2:47 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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The North Carolina Senate is considering a bill that would make it easier for military and foreign doctors to practice in this state.
Published: Saturday, July 22nd, 2023 @ 10:16 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Public health officials with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services are advising North Carolinians take precautions to protect themselves, their children and their pets from heat-related illness as temperatures across the state rise and remain high throughout the summer
Published: Monday, July 17th, 2023 @ 11:42 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Psychiatric nurses aim to help North Carolina’s mental health
Published: Monday, June 19th, 2023 @ 12:28 am
By: ECU News Services
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today announced changes to its COVID-19 dashboard and state-funded testing sites as the federal public health emergency comes to an end May 11, 2023
Published: Monday, April 10th, 2023 @ 8:31 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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North Carolina to become 40th state to expand Medicaid, expected to provide health coverage to more than 600,000 North Carolinians.
Published: Tuesday, April 4th, 2023 @ 6:23 pm
By: Governor's Office
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to use federal healthcare funds to cover at least six months of rent for the state’s disproportionately large homeless population and for those on the brink of losing their housing.
Published: Sunday, April 2nd, 2023 @ 2:43 pm
By: Daily Wire
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ECU will provide mental health services for youth with $3.2 million United Health Foundation grant
Published: Tuesday, February 21st, 2023 @ 10:37 am
By: ECU News Services
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Hundreds of people in North Carolina each day are waiting inside hospital emergency departments for behavioral health care.
Published: Monday, February 6th, 2023 @ 5:20 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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ECU-led telepsychiatry program earns state award for technology innovation
Published: Saturday, December 17th, 2022 @ 11:17 pm
By: ECU News Services
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As part of a shared commitment to behavioral health and the well-being of children and families, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services and UNC Health will partner to convert the R.J. Blackley Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Center in Butner, N.C.
Published: Saturday, December 10th, 2022 @ 2:09 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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A new study revealed the rise in children going to the hospital for suicidal thoughts, which began to go up before the COVID pandemic and lockdowns.
Published: Monday, December 5th, 2022 @ 7:57 pm
By: Daily Wire
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A new gift to UNC-Chapel Hill will create a youth suicide prevention center.
Published: Tuesday, October 11th, 2022 @ 2:22 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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In response to rising mental health needs, another resource is available to behavioral health patients at emergency departments across the state.
Published: Friday, September 9th, 2022 @ 8:35 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Temperatures are climbing this week as summer arrives, and the National Weather Service has issued a Heat Advisory for most of Central and Eastern North Carolina.
Published: Tuesday, June 14th, 2022 @ 10:19 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Drug-overdose deaths nearly quadrupled among N.C. teens during the pandemic.
Published: Monday, June 6th, 2022 @ 9:56 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today released its plan for the current stage of the pandemic, Moving Forward Together (Spanish). NCDHHS also announced upcoming changes to its COVID-19 Data Dashboard starting March 23.
Published: Thursday, March 17th, 2022 @ 1:26 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Blue Cross NC funds ECU, ECSU partnership for student behavioral health services
Published: Friday, March 11th, 2022 @ 12:19 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Atrium Health $165 Million Bond Refinancing Also Receives Favorable Commission Vote
Published: Sunday, January 16th, 2022 @ 8:00 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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