NCDHHS Announces New National 9-8-8 Number for People in Mental Health Crisis | Eastern North Carolina Now Starting Saturday, people in mental health crisis can dial 9-8-8 to reach the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and get immediately connected to trained crisis couns...
NCDHHS Launches Community Partner Engagement Plan, Secretarial Directive to Improve Health Outcomes through Collaboration The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is launching a Community Partner Engagement Plan to ensure the voices of North C...
Cooper's office also pointed to two "opioid action plans" the state DHHS put together, in 2017 and again earlier this year, to target a number of specific issues contributing to the crisis, related to pain pills as well as to drugs like heroin and fentanyl. A Duke University study publish...
Currently, there is an epidemic of prescription drug abuse, diversion, and overdose deaths not only in West Virginia but also across the country. The complexity of this crisis creates challenges for federal, state, and local governments as well as nongovernmental partners who must confront the grow...