Editorials and Essays
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My writing includes opinion pieces related to mental health, and exploration of my Southern roots. Here are a few samples.

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Managed Care Failed, Now Rebuild NC's Mental Health Care System, 12/13/17
http://www.newsobserver.com/opinion/op-ed/article189644714.html

Early intervention in youth mental health
www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2013/01/17/commentary-early-intervention-in-youth-mental-health/

Recognition, then reconciliation: Clearly seeing history of race, family in the South ​
​http://www.newsobserver.com/opinion/op-ed/article26057236.html

Starting in 2012, I wrote about my experiences working with people who experienced homelessness, and on other areas related to my work in the public mental health system in NC. 
humanementalhealth.blogspot.com/

I also have an interest in developing resource materials for people who live with mental illness and their loved ones. Here is a guide I developed in 2001, revised in 2010.

A Family Guide to Severe Mental Illness
www.med.unc.edu/psych/cecmh/patient-client-information/patient-client-information-and-resources/copy_of_clients-and-familes-resources/a-family-guide-to-severe-mental-illness