LELAND, N.C. (WECT) - A Leland man is a week and a half into a months-long hike across several states in an effort to raise money and awareness for veterans' and first responders’ mental health.
“We put a lot of pressure on ourselves for the holidays and really, it’s up to us what expectations that we set for ourselves over the holidays, and what we want to make of those days,” Dr. Young said.
RHA will provide 16 beds for detox services while LINC will provide 20 beds for transitional housing, and services will be available to those with and without insurance.
“One in five people will have a mental health need in a given year, and most of those people will not have the resources necessary to get the treatment that they need, we have got to close the coverage gap, we have got to draw down free resources in DC to help support people here in North Carolina, to get us out of this mental health crisis.”
It was a day that shocked the community. The day that MaryAnn Breault was shot and killed by her husband at the Holly Tree Racquet Club while watching her son’s tennis practice.
In the wake of a tragic school shooting in Texas, mental health professionals in the Cape Fear region offer advice to parents on how to discuss these types of events with their children.
Trillium Health partnered with Project Transition to open the new facility on Doctor’s Circle, and leaders there say this is more of a long term solution for people seeking help.
The Senior Resource Center has hired two licensed clinical therapists using American Rescue Plan Funds to provide free mental health support for older adults.
The University of North Carolina Wilmington will receive $99,815 to increase behavioral health capacity and strengthen mental health resources available to students.
Hess said on average about 1 in 6 women struggle, and 1 in 10 men will also struggle with mental health battles in that time period before a baby is born, and soon thereafter.
Following the deaths of two students on campus in the past month and calls from student leaders to cancel classes for at least a day, UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz announced a ‘Wellness Day’ off for students on Tuesday, Oct. 12.
Touching on tough subjects like a school shooting can be tough for parents. LaTecia Burden, school-based services coordinator at Coastal Horizons said it’s critical that help starts at home. Parents can begin that conversation with a 3-step process
The US has been at war for 20 years now. While most of us go about our daily lives each day, its easy to forget the sacrifice of our service members and the toll it takes on people who have have served our country.
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - The National Alliance on Mental Illness says members of the LGBTQ community are two to four times as likely to struggle with mental illness than their straight, cisgender neighbors. After a year of battling those struggles on their own, people are excited to celebrate Pride
Minorities seem to be falling behind when it comes to the COVID-19 vaccine roll out-- but a nonprofit healthcare provider is working to make sure they don’t miss their chance.
This could be a life saver for many of the one in five adults who experience mental illness every year. It could also help people dealing with substance abuse disorder or addiction.
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - A Wilmington man walks the walk after promising to run 10 kilometers every day until a fundraiser helping veterans reaches its 50 thousand dollar goal.
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) recently expanded the Hope4Healers Helpline to support North Carolina teachers, school personnel and their families.
After stopping short of taking her own life, Abi Orde published a video on YouTube sharing the stories of several people in southeastern North Carolina who have experienced that struggle, firsthand.
Even for those who have not been diagnosed with a named illness, the stress, disruption and isolation brought on by the coronavirus pandemic has been overwhelming.
In February, the Coastal Horizons Quick Response Team had connected with 66 survivors of opioid overdoses, getting them treatment they need. Less than six months later, that number is up to 148.
A bill that would create harsher punishments for a person who distributes drugs that result in the user’s death has passed in the state House and will go to the Senate next.
WECT’s Frances Weller interviewed Kenny House from Coastal Horizons on Wednesday afternoon’s News Now about the drug, which can only be given in hospitals and is meant for those who can’t take medication intravenously.
Some homes are being repaired and debris left by Hurricane Florence is getting picked up, but the mental strain left behind by the storm could linger for much longer.
Friday August 31 is overdose awareness day and one Brunswick County group held a candlelight vigil in memory of people who have died from drug addiction Friday evening.
Sam Quinones, the author of Dreamland, the True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic, spoke in Brunswick County Thursday night about the nationwide crisis.
Dr. LaTonya Niang is the human services technology program director and she was on WECT's News Now Thursday afternoon to discuss the substance abuse associate in applied science degree program, which launched this month.
People are dying from drug overdoses in North Carolina at a faster rate than 48 other states, according to provisional data released on Wednesday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
