In spite of the valiant continuing efforts to improve state mental care in North Carolina, surprisingly the North Carolina Hospital Association has recently weighed in a recent member and openly called the mental health system in North Carolina “broken.” In a January 9th article the small town newspaper, the Laurinburg Exchange, written by J.L. Pate (jpate@civitasmedia.com) entitled : “Mental Health Broken,” a very small newspaper, in a very small town southwest of Fayetteville NC less 100 miles from the Raleigh Durham corridor, reported on the state of mental health deficiencies at apparently a local meeting in Scotland County concerning the bursting needs and demands placed upon small community hospitals in the area.
Pen and Psychiatrist 