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- 1North Carolina officials confront broken involuntary commitment system●‘The story is always the same’: NC officials confront broken involuntary commitment system
Officials in North Carolina are openly acknowledging that the state's involuntary commitment system for people in mental health crisis is failing. Reporting describes repeated, familiar failures in how patients are assessed, transported and treated, with officials saying the same problems recur across cases. The admission has drawn attention to gaps in crisis care and calls for reform of the state's mental health infrastructure.
- 2Most of Oklahoma's behavioral health workforce works part-time●A majority of Oklahoma's behavioral healthcare workforce is part-time, analysis says
An analysis of Oklahoma's behavioral healthcare sector finds that a majority of the state's workforce in that field works part-time rather than full-time. The finding points to potential staffing instability in services covering mental health and substance abuse care, raising questions about continuity of treatment and access for patients across the state.