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North Carolina officials confront broken involuntary commitment system
Original: ‘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.
Why now: State officials are publicly criticising a long-criticised mental health system, prompting fresh debate about reform.
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