Feelings like stress, anxiety, grief and depression are natural, common and addressable. Help and advice is available to all with just a phone call.
No one can seem to agree on what to call mental health challenges that come up during pregnancy and postpartum.
Megan Roberts, WRAL contributor
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill launched a statewide program to expand and improve mental health resources.
HEART, or Holistic Empathetic Assistance Response Teams, is making an impact in the city of Durham since launching last July. In Raleigh, citizens are pushing for the city to adopt the same approach.
Julian Grace, WRAL anchor/reporter
During a CNN town hall June 4, former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley said one example of wokeness is "biological boys playing in girls' sports," calling it the "women's issue of our time."
Louis Jacobson and Amy Sherman, PolitiFact reporters
Every year, 47,000 people die by suicide in the United States. After her husband became one of them, a Cary woman shared her family's experience as an example of what's still lacking in emergency care for people experiencing mental health crisis.
Amanda Lamb, WRAL reporter
A new research study shows children and teenagers dealing with anxiety disorders are more often being treated with medication and not counseling.
More kids and teenagers are being diagnosed with anxiety disorders than ever before, but a new study shows many of them aren't getting the right type of treatment.
Ken Smith, WRAL anchor/reporter
Starting Monday, children and their caregivers in need of mental health support can now get help at the Hope Center for Youth and Family Crisis in Fuquay-Varina.
WRAL contributor Nili Zaharony explains what it is like to "walk with vulnerability" and how it can help you not feel alone.
Nili Zaharony, WRAL contributor
WRAL Nili Zaharony talks about being your authentic self, and how to embrace that.
Public schools, mental health hospitals, substance abuse clinics and loan repayment programs for rural health providers are just some of what North Carolina leaders want to fund.
Will Doran, WRAL state government reporter
We've only had smartphones for about a decade, and already social media use for young people is practically universal. During that same decade, the number of teens with clinical depression more than doubled. WRAL's On the Record discusses the connection between social media use and mental health.
Social media is harming our kids. That's the message from the U.S. Surgeon General after issuing an advisory about social media use and youth mental health. Lena Tillett goes 'On The Record' with a panel of experts and a mother and daughter to find out what it means for the future of our youth and what you can do to keep your children safe.
Attorney General Josh Stein on Tuesday announced the Fayetteville officers who shot a woman outside her grandparents' home in July will not face charges.
Gilbert Baez, WRAL Fayetteville reporter
After the Surgeon General issued a warning of the health risks of social media, a UNC doctor explained some of social media's effects on your children's health.
The nation's top doctor gave the warning Tuesday. CNN's Karin Caifa joined Dan Haggerty to explain why the Surgeon General made the warning.
May is Women's Health Month, but so many women don't prioritize their health.
Jessica Patrick, WRAL senior multiplatform producer
New cases of chronic pain occur more often in the United States than those of other chronic conditions, like diabetes, depression and high blood pressure, according to a study from the National Institutes of Health. The findings offer a large-scale confirmation of what previous research has shown: Chronic pain is staggeringly common in America.
Dani Blum, New York Times
The Triangle area has a wealth of resources to support moms, birthing people, and new families during one of life's biggest transitions: having a baby.
A rising mental health crisis among youth is now the focus of a new research program called CHAAMP , or "Child and Adolescent Anxiety and Mood Disorders Program".
Rick Armstrong, WRAL Enterprise multimedia journalist
So you've hit perimenopause, the transition from your reproductive years into menopause. This happens to most women in their 40s when hormone levels begin to decrease. It's normal for perimenopause to bring about changes in your body and life. But depression doesn't have to be one of them.
UNC Health Talk
Dan Haggerty asked the experts what we can say and do to ease the pain of suicide in our community.
One thing I believe in, regardless of the topic, is that words matter. According to research on suicide, on this topic the words we choose can be a matter of saving lives.
Dan Haggerty, WRAL anchor/reporter