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To be sure, North Carolina is facing a pediatric mental health crisis. Read on to learn some of what NC-PAL is doing to advance behavioral health in North Carolina.
The US has patients entering our healthcare system with limited English proficiency. While there are requirements put in place to provide interpretation services, barriers remain. Keep reading…
The U.S. is approaching the July 16 transition to 988 – the easy-to-remember number to reach the existing National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. This transition is an important…
Social determinants of health (SDOH) are the conditions in the environments where people are born, live, learn, work, play, worship, and age that affect a wide range of health, functioning, and…
LGBTQ individuals can become parents in a number of ways, including adoption, foster parenting, donor insemination, surrogacy, and from previous heterosexual relationships. These parents…
Family resilience is the capacity of a family, as a functional system, to withstand and rebound from adversity.
Throughout history Black Americans have faced a number of factors that put them at risk for mental health problems, and intergenerational trauma continues to leave mental scars on Black communities.
According to the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network, 1 in 9 girls and 1 in 53 boys under the age of 18 experience sexual abuse or assault at the hands of an adult. However, experts agree that…