NC agency looks at outsourcing mental health tests
RALEIGH, NC (AP) -- North Carolina is exploring whether it can save money by outsourcing psychological evaluations and care of accused criminals who may suffer mental illness.The News & Observer of...
View ArticleCouncil of State gives permission to close mental hospital
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated PressRALEIGH, NC (AP) -- North Carolina's oldest state mental hospital could soon be shuttered now that statewide elected leaders have agreed that remaining patients can...
View ArticleNC council approves lease to create Dix park
RALEIGH, NC (AP) -- The North Carolina Council of State has approved a plan to convert the Dorothea Dix Hospital campus in Raleigh into a new city park.A majority on the Democratic-controlled council...
View ArticleNC Senate bill seeks to tear up lease for park
RALEIGH, NC (AP) -- Senate Republican leaders are moving forward with legislation to throw out a lease that lets Raleigh build a large park on the old Dorothea Dix mental hospital campus, although city...
View ArticleNew negotiations begin on future of Dix campus
RALEIGH, NC (AP) -- Negotiations between officials from the state and the city of Raleigh have begun again regarding the future of the Dorothea Dix Hospital campus.Former Democratic Gov. Beverly Perdue...
View ArticleMental health advocates question Dix plans
RALEIGH, NC (AP) -- Some mental health advocates are questioning the city of Raleigh's plans to turn the old Dorothea Dix psychiatric hospital into a park.The News & Observer of Raleigh reported...
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