Behavioral & Mental Health

We’re in this together.

Issues of behavioral health are a complex, pervasive, and serious reality for many in our community. Whether it’s providing timely and compassionate care, local outreach and access or mental health education, your giving through Novant Health foundations ensures all people have access to behavioral health resources.

1,469,000

DID YOU KNOW

1,469,000 Adults in North Carolina have a mental health condition — that's more than 3 times the population of Raleigh.

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DID YOU KNOW

1 in 20 U.S. adults experience serious mental illness each year. In North Carolina, 356,000 adults have a serious mental illness.

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High school students with depression are 2 times more likely to drop out than their peers.

“Caring for each other with open and accepting dialogue about mental health and wellness is key to community health. Helping someone seek assistance when they are going through a crisis and caring enough to follow through is so important for the welfare of all communities.”

DR. JERRY & MIDGE BARRON
Champions for mental health awareness and care

How Giving Helps Healing.

Whether it’s providing timely and compassionate care, local outreach and access or mental health education, your giving through Novant Health foundations ensures all people have access to behavioral health resources.

Recent areas of support include:

Helping Students in Crisis

“Timely intervention is critical when dealing with anyone’s mental health issues—especially a child’s.”

–Malika Neal
Licensed clinical social worker with Novant Health Telepsychiatry

With cases of depression and anxiety in children on the rise, the foundation is funding creative and effective ways to respond faster to potential mental health issues as soon as there is a warning sign. In collaboration with Brunswick County Schools, Novant Health helps provide treatment to middle-school students with behavioral and substance abuse disorders. Now, thanks to a grant from Duke Endowment directed through Novant Health Brunswick Medical Center Foundation, five schools will have secure, private tele-health devices to serve students in crisis whenever a teacher observes mental distress.

Timely Care with Smart Technology

"Our mindset must be one of going to the patients and meeting their needs where they are at... Mental health is going to be a part of how we deliver health care in every discipline across the continuum of care."

–Sam Pullen, D.O.
System physician executive, Novant Health Psychiatry and Mental Health Institute

As an important, complex, and high-demand specialty of Novant Health, behavioral health care presents challenges to patients and providers as they deal with referrals, extended treatment timelines, and integrating care with other health services. To overcome an array of logistical barriers, the foundation helped fund a partnership with Neuroflow, a digital health platform that helps identify and treat patients with behavioral health needs.

Expanding Access for Children and Families

1 in 5 children experience mental health issues, but only 20% receive the comprehensive treatment they need. One of the reasons for this is that nationally there are not enough pediatric psychologists and psychiatrists to meet the need.

The REACH Institute increases the ability to treat and address mental health care through training our primary care providers. They provide training and ongoing coaching programs led by national leaders in child psychiatry and psychology who deliver the best evidence-based therapies in order to better diagnose, treat and manage child and adult mental health issues.

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Brunswick Medical Center Foundation (Bolivia, NC)

Forsyth Medical Center Foundation (Winston-Salem, NC)

Presbyterian Medical Center Foundation (Charlotte, NC)

Rowan Medical Center Foundation (Salisbury, NC)

Thomasville Medical Center Foundation (Thomasville, NC)

New Hanover Regional Medical Center Foundation (Wilmington, NC)

If You Need Help.

If you or a family member is going through an emotional or psychological crisis, we’re here for you with medical support.

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Upcoming Events

An unforgettable evening for an important cause—please join us at the Mint Museum on December 31st 2023, to ring in the new year with drinks, dinner, and dancing in support of behavioral health programming in our communities. This night is about fun and fashion, the power of creativity, and being together. More details to follow.

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