North Carolina's Mental Health System Is Already Broken

North Carolina lawmakers are pushing Iryna’s Law, requiring mandatory mental-health evaluations for people charged with violent crimes. It sounds bold. It sounds protective. It sounds like leadership. But it is built on a fatal misunderstanding: North Carolina no longer has the workforce needed to carry out the laws it keeps passing. A mandate means nothing when the system behind it has already collapsed.

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Published
2025-11-14
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17886685
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Counseling Practices and Supervision
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North Carolina's Mental Health System Is Already Broken

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Counseling Practices and Supervision
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North Carolina's Mental Health System Is Already Broken

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Abstract

North Carolina lawmakers are pushing Iryna’s Law, requiring mandatory mental-health evaluations for people charged with violent crimes. It sounds bold. It sounds protective. It sounds like leadership. But it is built on a fatal misunderstanding: North Carolina no longer has the workforce needed to carry out the laws it keeps passing. A mandate means nothing when the system behind it has already collapsed.

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