Could the remainder of the beds at the state's newest mental health hospital soon be filled? The $130 million Central Regional Hospital opened in Butner last July, yet nearly half the beds remain ...

Nurses atDorothea Dixsay the Raleigh mental hospital is in trouble. Hospital administrators disagree. Nurses held a rally Monday outside the hospital. They say staffing shortages and too many patients ...

We wouldn't categorize it as an apples-to-apples comparison, but a city in North Carolina has shown the way in transforming a state mental hospital with a cultural history into a spacious park. That's ...

Dorothea Dix’s experiences at the East Cambridge Jail spurred the Massachusetts Legislature to expand care for those with mental illness. She continued her campaign all along the East Coast.

North Carolina state police are investigating allegations that three employees at a mental health hospital had sex with female prisoners working there. The News & Observer of Raleigh reported that ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. In 1841, teacher, humanitarian, and reformer Dorothea Dix launched a vigorous campaign to secure humane treatment for ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. In a special meeting Monday, Raleigh City Council ...