At least three people who were in apparent mental health crises or had histories of mental health problems died or have been implicated in the violent deaths of others in the Triangle in the past three months.
That should be enough to catch the attention of lawmakers, who could legislate and fund improvements to how people who are struggling get help in North Carolina, a state official says.
“We look at multiple situations and we say to ourselves, ‘OK, what is the current process like? What is the current service delivery like? Where did things fall apart, and what do we need to do to change it?’” said Kelly Crosbie, director of the state Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Use at the Department of Health and Human Services…