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• Trillium’s Mobile Crisis Team expands to New Hanover, Pender, Brunswick counties

  Mona Townes, the Mobile Crisis Director for Integrated Family Services, has had people tell her, “Had you not come out, my plan was to kill myself.” The Mobile Crisis Team could also be called a mobile mental health triage: Teams of social workers and mental health professionals go where crises are unfolding—schools, homes, and on the street.

• Schools refine mental health program

  Pitt County Schools for the next three years will work with two mental health care providers to deliver services including therapy and crisis intervention with the goal of helping student performance. Travis Lewis, director of Community & Student Services, said Pride in North Carolina Inc. and Integrated Family Services were chosen from among five providers that have been working with the school system.

• Experts discuss show dealing with teen suicide

  The Netflix series “13 Reasons Why” premiered on Netflix in March and since then, viewers across the country have tuned in to watch as a high school girl explains why acts of bullying, mental illness and rape lead to her suicide. Local suicide prevention experts differ on the show’s impact on teens.

• Local advocates combat prescription drug crisis

  Federal and state lawmakers are taking measures to stop the drug problem in the U.S. The issue might seem overwhelming to solve for many but some in the East say they have ideas to solve it.

• Mental health service providers face challenges

  Getting help for a mental illness means knowing where to go — and having the courage to do so. RHA Health Services, Le’Chris, Integrated Family Services, and Onslow Memorial Hospital offer mental health services in Onslow County, but none of them are long-term treatment facilities. For that, these agencies have to send people outside of the county.

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  National crisis centers link uptick in calls to election; local centers do not

  Suicide hotlines across the country have seen an uptick in calls since President-elect Donald Trump’s win last week, but crisis centers in eastern North Carolina are not blaming the rise on the election. “A lot of the calls that we receive are for individuals that are experiencing depression; increased anxiety,” said Brigida Morris, Integrated Family Services.

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  Consider being an IAFT parent

  Intensive Alternative Family Treatment (IAFT) Parents Integrated Family Services, PLLC, one of the leading behavioral health providers in Eastern North Carolina, is searching for individuals interested in serving as Intensive Alternative Family Treatment Parents. IAFT provides an intensive service utilizing highly trained treatment parents to address the needs of children…

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  Mom calls on local program to aid son during mental crisis

  The dangers for mental illnesses continues to make headlines. Pitt County’s Integrated Family Services offers help with a mobile crisis hotline for people to call. Last year, most of the hotline’s calls were from adolescents ages 11 to 18.

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  New center opens doors in city

  Health officials, advocates and the greater community welcomed mental health support and counseling services to the county Wednesday as they cut the ribbon on the new Integrated Family Services clinic. “We’re here to be an alternative to hospitalization, to be in this community and meet needs,” IFS mobile crisis director Mona Townes said.

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  Triple P provider

  Integrated Family Services very own, Judy Kilpatrick was spotlighted as a Triple P provider in the July 2016 Tippaper! Read what Ms. Kilpatrick had to say about working with parents in Triple P, see the July Tippaper PDF here… Triple P provider Judy Kilpatrick…