North Carolina’s Growing Youth Mental Health Crisis and its Future

By: Mary Shanahan

Outlets: Queens University News Service

Published: December 20, 2025

Words: 684

Last Updated: 3 weeks ago

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Across North Carolina, adolescents experiencing mental health crises wait in emergency rooms for days or even weeks for a psychiatric bed to become available. Youth in Mecklenburg County are no exception to this statewide challenge since the county, among many others, lacks the infrastructure required to treat the growing number of young people in crisis.

Rising treatment costs and insurance gaps leave many families with few options.

According to Anthony Trotman, Director of the Katie …

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