WFAE has been exploring the crisis brewing in North Carolina’s mental health system. That includes a shortage of state hospital beds.

How North Carolina hopes to cut the waits for state psychiatric hospital beds

The mental health care system in North Carolina has been failing for years. Perhaps nowhere is that more evident than those who get caught up in the criminal justice system, out of sight, therefore out of mind for the general public and policymakers. But their plight — and the brokenness of the mental health system — affects everyone in the state.

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How North Carolina hopes to cut the waits for state psychiatric hospital beds

How North Carolina hopes to cut the waits for state psychiatric hospital beds