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  Child crisis centers open in Pitt & Craven Counties

  Two new homes aimed at helping kids in crisis are opening their doors in eastern Carolina. Trillium Health Resources and Integrated Family Services have partnered to open two child crisis respite centers.

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  PORT tackles overdose surge

  A recent surge in the number of heroin-related overdoses in Pasquotank County is shining a light on a powerful medication used to revive overdose patients. The drug naloxone, known by its brand name Narcan, is an opiate-antagonist that blocks the effects of opioids, particularly in the case of an overdose.

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  Vidant hosts 7th Annual Mental Health Expo

  More than 50 exhibitors from various service organizations came to the Vidant Medical Center Campus for its 7th Annual Mental Health Expo. The goal of the expo is to raise awareness about mental health and combat the stigma that's associated with it.

• Protections for NC Medicaid Beneficiaries: Hawkins v. Cohen

  Hawkins v. Cohen (5:17-CV-581 E.D.N.C.) is a federal lawsuit filed in 2017 by Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy and the National Health Law Program to stop illegal terminations of Medicaid benefits in North Carolina. The Court hearing the case has certified it as a class…

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  Telephone Becomes Lifeline for Mental Health Clients During Florence

  Hurricane Florence roared ashore in North Carolina downgraded to a Category 1 storm with sustained wind speeds of 90 miles per hour. But that “reduced” storm intensity was still mighty, and mighty frightening. Sarah Bishop, a physician assistant at Carteret Health in Morehead City, stayed in the emergency department for the duration of the storm working 12-hour shifts. The Pennsylvania native was struck by how powerful the storm was.

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  Mobile crisis resources now available here outlined in information workshop

  Emergency crisis management for people with mental health, developmental disability and substance abuse issues is available here 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year from Integrated Family Services (IFS), a provider contracted by Trillium Health Services, interested stakeholders were told Monday at an informational session at Southeastern Community College.

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  (EPSDT) is a foundational benefit of children’s Medicaid

  While sometimes underutilized and misunderstood, Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment (EPSDT) is a foundational benefit of children’s Medicaid. EPSDT not only allows for clinical and social service providers to monitor child overall health and development, it can help providers identify, monitor, and address more complex health concerns.

• Improving Children’s Health in North Carolina

  NC JUSTICE REPORT: Improving Children’s Health in North Carolina Using Medicaid’s Early and Periodic Screening, and Diagnostic and Treatment (EPSDT) to Address Social Determinants of Health By Sydney Idzikowski A joint publication of the Health Advocacy Project and the Budget & Tax Center March 2018 Healthy…

• Trillium to offer school-based therapy services

  Trillium Health Resources is offering school districts across the East the opportunity to have school-based therapy services at no cost to the schools. Trillium uses Medicaid and state funds to pay for the cost to help treat mental health issues inside of schools.

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  Kids in Crisis

  New studies are showing an unforgiving rise in mental health cases involving children ages 6 to 18. Those cases can lead to self-harm and even suicide, and they’re happening here in the East.