Chapel Hill task force to monitor mental health care
Published: Fri, Nov. 28, 2008 12:30AM
Modified Fri, Nov. 28, 2008 12:42AM
E-Mail
Print
tool name
closeCHAPEL HILL -- Mayor Kevin Foy has tapped Natalie Ammarell, a human services consultant, to lead the town's new Mental Health Task Force.
The state's failed mental health system has forced mentally ill residents to fend for themselves for treatment and medication, town officials said in a release. The location of UNC Hospitals uniquely affects Chapel Hill and Orange County because the hospital discharges some mentally ill patients who stay in Chapel Hill.
"The future of mental health care in Chapel Hill and throughout North Carolina is uncertain," Foy says. "Therefore, local municipalities must think more about how this will affect the health and vitality of our communities."
More Local & State
The task force will:
* Assess the state of the mental health care system in the greater Chapel Hill community, focusing on the services provided, funding and impact on the community.
* Create broader awareness of mental health care issues in Chapel Hill and generate discussion.
* Provide recommendations to the Town Council and county commissioners regarding the future of mental health care services in Chapel Hill and Orange County.
Get it all with convenient home delivery of The News & Observer.
The News & Observer is pleased to be able to offer its users the opportunity to make comments and hold conversations online. However, the interactive nature of the internet makes it impracticable for our staff to monitor each and every posting.
Since The News & Observer does not control user submitted statements, we cannot promise that readers will not occasionally find offensive or inaccurate comments posted on our website. In addition, we remind anyone interested in making an online comment that responsibility for statements posted lies with the person submitting the comment, not The News and Observer.
If you find a comment offensive, clicking on the exclamation icon will flag the comment for review by the administrators, we are counting on the good judgment of all our readers to help us.
