After SPIN! Video: What can we do to improve the way mental illness is treated in NC?
Published August 20, 2018
After SPIN! "Question to Peg O’Connell and Anna Beavon Gravely – In 2010 our state began an initiative called Healthy NC 2020, a series of 13 major health objectives to be reached by 2020. There is compelling evidence not only are we not going to attain our mental health goals but our state may actually be going backward in our treatment of the mentally ill, especially when you consider the number who end up in hospital emergency rooms or jails rather than getting professional treatment. Do you agree we are regressing and, if so, what can we do to improve the way we treat those with mental illness?"
