Mental Health Archives

Between July 2024 and August 2025, DRNC visited every juvenile detention center (JDC) in North Carolina at least once; six…

Posted in Feb 2026

A self-advocacy checklist for people with disabilities and families Why Discharge Planning Matters When you leave a…

Posted in Jan 2026

An Urgent Call for Change Note: This report details traumatic and disturbing experiences of people subjected to involuntary…

Posted in May 2025

Students may come home from school with unexplained injuries. Sometimes a bruise is not suspicious—children fall, bump…

Posted in Apr 2025

What is TCL? In North Carolina, people diagnosed with serious mental illness are sometimes placed in institutions (like…

Posted in Sep 2024

As a person receiving treatment in the emergency department, you have rights. A hospital must protect and promote each…

Posted in Aug 2024

People with disabilities are increasingly finding themselves within North Carolina’s prisons, jails, and juvenile…

Posted in Jul 2024

When you have an Opioid Use or Substance Use Disorder, it can be hard to find the help that you need. DRNC has developed a…

Posted in Jul 2023

Learn more about the services that must be provided to Medicaid eligible children who are dually diagnosed with I/DD and…

Posted in Nov 2022

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