Former Olympian, UNC Student Aims to Promote Mental Health Among Athletes
With the fall semester starting last week at UNC, former world-class figure skater Rachael Flatt...
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Mental Health
Compass Center to Expand Services for Domestic Violence Survivors
Chapel Hill’s Compass Center for Women and Families is expanding its services to include housing and mental health support to victims of domestic violence and their children. Thanks to a $350,000 grant from the Governor’s Crime...
Read MoreNC Governor Cooper Posts Gun Safety Action Plans
The Valentine’s Day shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida, which took the lives of 17 students and teachers, has sparked a national conversation about gun control laws in the country. North...
Read MoreLawmakers Restless on Pay, Severance at Mental Health Agency
North Carolina legislators are getting restless waiting for state regulators to act against a regional managed-care mental health agency that’s the subject of a second critical report this year on leadership pay and...
Read More‘Hear Our Voices’ Project Gives Voices to Marginalized Groups
Artwork, videos, interview transcriptions and photography were all included in Hear Our Voices: an interactive presentation by students at the UNC School of Social Work. Part of getting a degree from the school includes...
Read MoreOrange County Ranks First in North Carolina for Health Factors
Residents of Orange County may be among the healthiest in North Carolina according to an annual report on national wellness profiles from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Stacy Shelp, the public information officer of the...
Read MoreNew Partnership Extends the Reach of Mental Health Services
Freedom House Recovery Center has provided substance abuse treatments in Chapel Hill for more than 40 years. Mental Health America of the Triangle has supported mental health needs for more than 50 years. With these long track...
Read MoreUNC Researcher Explores The Benefits Of Yoga For Mental Illness
Interest is growing in using yoga as a possible treatment for those suffering from mental health issues such as depression, anxiety or PTSD. But research done at UNC suggests that while there are health benefits related to...
Read MoreFunding for Mental Health Drops in NC
North Carolina has reduced its funding for mental health services for the third year in a row, according to a recent report by the National Alliance on Mental Illness or NAMI. North Carolina is one of only three states that have...
Read MoreFight For Mental Health Goes Through Faith Communities
Chapel Hill is the site of a mental health conference for faith communities this month.
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