ncmentalhope.org http://ncmentalhope.org Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:23:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Parks and patients – Letters – NewsObserver.com http://ncmentalhope.org/blog/2010/08/31/parks-and-patients-letters-newsobserver-com/ http://ncmentalhope.org/blog/2010/08/31/parks-and-patients-letters-newsobserver-com/#comments Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:23:01 +0000 admin http://ncmentalhope.org/?p=3843 With Jim Goodmon and Gregory Poole backing a destination park for the Dorothea Dix Hospital property, the powerful park advocates are not messing around this time (news story, Aug. 27). Gov. Bev Perdue will be pressured to listen to these prominent people because they have money and influence over public opinion. The General Assembly used money (or lack of it) and influence to close Dix. They defunded the facility for years.

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]]> http://ncmentalhope.org/blog/2010/08/31/parks-and-patients-letters-newsobserver-com/feed/ 0 The Sampson Independent – Eastpointe Board of Directors recognizes Dr Jonathan Barnes http://ncmentalhope.org/blog/2010/08/31/the-sampson-independent-eastpointe-board-of-directors-recognizes-dr-jonathan-barnes/ http://ncmentalhope.org/blog/2010/08/31/the-sampson-independent-eastpointe-board-of-directors-recognizes-dr-jonathan-barnes/#comments Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:18:24 +0000 admin http://ncmentalhope.org/?p=3841 At the Eastpointe monthly board meeting on Aug. 24, the Eastpointe Board of Directors recognized Dr. Jonathan Barnes for his 30 years of service as an Eastpointe Employee. During his tenure Dr. Barnes has served as coordinator of Children’s Services, coordinator of Adult Services, clinical director, and chief clinical officer.

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]]> http://ncmentalhope.org/blog/2010/08/31/the-sampson-independent-eastpointe-board-of-directors-recognizes-dr-jonathan-barnes/feed/ 0 FayObserver.com – Editorial: Money panic devours state’s first mental hospital http://ncmentalhope.org/blog/2010/08/30/fayobserver-com-editorial-money-panic-devours-states-first-mental-hospital-2/ http://ncmentalhope.org/blog/2010/08/30/fayobserver-com-editorial-money-panic-devours-states-first-mental-hospital-2/#comments Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:00:58 +0000 admin http://ncmentalhope.org/?p=3837 Fayetteville native James C. Dobbin, who in his short life distinguished himself in many ways, would consider this a dark day. And he’d be right.

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]]> http://ncmentalhope.org/blog/2010/08/30/fayobserver-com-editorial-money-panic-devours-states-first-mental-hospital-2/feed/ 0 FayObserver.com – Editorial: Money panic devours state’s first mental hospital http://ncmentalhope.org/blog/2010/08/29/fayobserver-com-editorial-money-panic-devours-states-first-mental-hospital/ http://ncmentalhope.org/blog/2010/08/29/fayobserver-com-editorial-money-panic-devours-states-first-mental-hospital/#comments Sun, 29 Aug 2010 23:58:13 +0000 admin http://ncmentalhope.org/?p=3835 Fayetteville native James C. Dobbin, who in his short life distinguished himself in many ways, would consider this a dark day. And he’d be right.

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]]> http://ncmentalhope.org/blog/2010/08/29/fayobserver-com-editorial-money-panic-devours-states-first-mental-hospital/feed/ 0 Technology connecting CarolinaEast patients with off-site neurologists http://ncmentalhope.org/blog/2010/08/28/technology-connecting-carolinaeast-patients-with-off-site-neurologists/ http://ncmentalhope.org/blog/2010/08/28/technology-connecting-carolinaeast-patients-with-off-site-neurologists/#comments Sat, 28 Aug 2010 12:16:09 +0000 admin http://ncmentalhope.org/?p=3839 Doctors, nurses and staff in CarolinaEast Medical Center’s department of emergency medicine are turning to technology to help fill a gap in their medical staff roster.

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]]> http://ncmentalhope.org/blog/2010/08/28/technology-connecting-carolinaeast-patients-with-off-site-neurologists/feed/ 0 Dix Visionaries see destination park :: WRAL.com http://ncmentalhope.org/blog/2010/08/27/dix-visionaries-see-destination-park-wral-com/ http://ncmentalhope.org/blog/2010/08/27/dix-visionaries-see-destination-park-wral-com/#comments Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:08:53 +0000 admin http://ncmentalhope.org/?p=3833 Gregory Poole Jr., chairman of Dix Visionaries, thinks the old state mental hospital should be turned into a destination for Raleigh.

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]]> http://ncmentalhope.org/blog/2010/08/27/dix-visionaries-see-destination-park-wral-com/feed/ 0 Disabilities rights group listens to concerns – Wilson http://ncmentalhope.org/blog/2010/08/27/disabilities-rights-group-listens-to-concerns-wilson/ http://ncmentalhope.org/blog/2010/08/27/disabilities-rights-group-listens-to-concerns-wilson/#comments Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:06:32 +0000 admin http://ncmentalhope.org/?p=3831 Aug 26, 2010 (The Wilson Daily Times – McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) — Recently Ike Pakula was stuck in a thunderstorm while driving to central North Carolina from his Wilson home.

Pakula, who is hearing impaired, had no idea the storm was coming even though he’d watched television to see what the weather would be like.

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]]> http://ncmentalhope.org/blog/2010/08/27/disabilities-rights-group-listens-to-concerns-wilson/feed/ 0 Bigwigs want a park at Dix site – Local – NewsObserver.com http://ncmentalhope.org/blog/2010/08/27/bigwigs-want-a-park-at-dix-site-local-newsobserver-com/ http://ncmentalhope.org/blog/2010/08/27/bigwigs-want-a-park-at-dix-site-local-newsobserver-com/#comments Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:04:22 +0000 admin http://ncmentalhope.org/?p=3829 RALEIGH — A group of North Carolina business, education and political leaders wants Gov. Bev Perdue to endorse turning the Dorothea Dix Hospital property into a public park once it’s emptied of patients and state workers.

Dix Visionaries, a nonprofit group, is pushing Perdue to declare the 306-acre campus a park district. The buildings that make up the psychiatric hospital are surrounded by tree-shaded lanes, fields and patches of woods overlooking the downtown skyline.

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]]> http://ncmentalhope.org/blog/2010/08/27/bigwigs-want-a-park-at-dix-site-local-newsobserver-com/feed/ 0 PTSD and the Veterans Administration: Just who’s malingering? « The Carrboro Citizen http://ncmentalhope.org/blog/2010/08/27/ptsd-and-the-veterans-administration-just-who%e2%80%99s-malingering-%c2%ab-the-carrboro-citizen/ http://ncmentalhope.org/blog/2010/08/27/ptsd-and-the-veterans-administration-just-who%e2%80%99s-malingering-%c2%ab-the-carrboro-citizen/#comments Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:32:53 +0000 admin http://ncmentalhope.org/?p=3827 In 1944, when an uninjured private, Charles H. Kuhl, said he “couldn’t take it any more,” Gen. George S. Patton called him a “yellow coward,” slapped him and threw him out of the hospital tent. The U.S. military has always had difficulty discriminating between members disabled by mental health issues like post-traumatic stress disorder and malingering.

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]]> http://ncmentalhope.org/blog/2010/08/27/ptsd-and-the-veterans-administration-just-who%e2%80%99s-malingering-%c2%ab-the-carrboro-citizen/feed/ 0 Ashvegas: Asheville’s permanent Housing program of Homeward Bound puts 200th person into housing http://ncmentalhope.org/blog/2010/08/27/ashvegas-ashevilles-permanent-housing-program-of-homeward-bound-puts-200th-person-into-housing/ http://ncmentalhope.org/blog/2010/08/27/ashvegas-ashevilles-permanent-housing-program-of-homeward-bound-puts-200th-person-into-housing/#comments Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:31:20 +0000 admin http://ncmentalhope.org/?p=3825 She had her hours reduced to part time at a local pet store, which meant a drastic cut in pay. She didn’t have enough money to cobble together a deposit for an apartment and utilities, and she was tired of having to stay with friends, because that meant moving. And that was difficult on her two children.

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