As part of a shared commitment to behavioral health and the well-being of children and families, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services and UNC Health will partner to convert the R.J. Blackley Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Center in Butner, N.C.
Published: Saturday, December 10th, 2022 @ 2:09 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
|
As I pondered what to write about for Christmas, I mentally thumbed through previous columns on Christmas music, Christmas cats, and Christmas trips.
Published: Wednesday, December 22nd, 2021 @ 12:51 pm
By: Kathy Manos Penn
|
Governor Roy Cooper and North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) Secretary Mandy K. Cohen, M.D. toured Chapel Hill Pediatrics and Adolescents, P.A. in Orange County to see their operations to vaccinate children ages 5-11.
Published: Wednesday, November 17th, 2021 @ 4:02 am
By: Governor's Office
|
A stack of studies chronicles worrisome trends in adolescent mental health. Over a decade, youth depression has increased significantly.
Published: Saturday, February 8th, 2020 @ 3:49 am
By: Carolina Journal
|
It's tough to be an adolescent. It was ever thus. A century ago, psychologist Stanley Hall characterized adolescence as "storm and stress." Some teenagers sail through with little tempest and tumult
Published: Friday, July 21st, 2017 @ 6:46 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
|
An East Carolina University psychiatrist has published research that shows what adolescents in eastern North Carolina think of electronic cigarettes and how they're using them.
Published: Saturday, June 6th, 2015 @ 4:42 am
By: ECU News Services
|
As childhood obesity rates continue to rise, the debate over the role of public schools in promoting healthy lifestyles has intensified. Public health advocates contend that schools can curb obesity by banning the sale of junk food and soda.
Published: Sunday, October 21st, 2012 @ 2:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
|