Suicide rates are on increasing among children and teens and depression is also one of several mental health crises that are under-addressed within these age groups.
In Butner, an in-patient facility offers 54 beds dedicated to children and teens in a first-of-its-kind model for addressing youth mental health.
UNC Hospitals Youth Behavioral Health was formed in partnership with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.
Dr. Samantha Meltzer-Brody, chair of the psychiatry department at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, joins Due South to discuss the importance of this innovative hospital.