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State urged to bolster outpatient commitment for the mentally ill

North Carolina’s multi-decade revamp of its mental health care system seems to have damaged one of the tools it might find useful in dealing with situations like those that led to two recent killings. State law allows “outpatient involuntary commitment,” a process that Duke School of Medicine professor Marvin Swartz and Manhattan Institute fellow Stephen […]

Written by on January 15, 2026