Tackling the Hardest Time of the Year Head On
We prefer to share the success stories. However, the work we do at CORRAL isn’t all sunshine and rainbows. Winter, a time of year that can be hard for many of us…
Award from the mayor of the City of Cary
River Honored by Cary Mayor
This year at CORRAL's Kildaire End of Year celebration, the City of Cary presented our horse River with the first ever 'Mayor's Star Medallion'. This prestigious award honors community members that have displayed inspiration, beauty, perseverance, innovation, and courage.
Supporting Kids in Foster Care
Keeping Foster Kids Out of NC’s Prison-Like Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities By Julia Soplop North Carolina’s foster system is “in crisis,” according to a federal lawsuit filed in…
Grades: The Glossed Over Contributor to Mental Health Crises at School
By Namita Gunnala, 2022 Education Intern at CORRAL May is Mental Health awareness month which is a big area of focus for CORRAL. The main reason behind mental health declining…
Black History Month: An Analysis of Healthcare
Black History Month: An Analysis of Healthcare By Madison Brooks, Manager of Mental Health Services at CORRAL, MSW, LCWSA. “Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is…
I’m sorry for your loss
My dad died two years ago in November. I was there when he died. This heart-wrenching experience sticks with me: watching someone I love take their last breath right in…
Trust Your Gut
The old saying “trust your gut” is often spoken with encouragement for an individual trying to make a decision. The tenth cranial nerve and the longest of all 12 cranial…
OCD is not an adjective
Happy OCD awareness week! This week (and month) are so important to decrease the stigma of mental health, and in particular, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Contrary to popular belief, we…
The Cost of Youth Incarceration versus the Riding Academy
More than $100,000—that’s the annual cost of incarceration per youth in North Carolina. In 2020, that number jumped to around $156,000 per youth per year due to the added expense…
Plate to the Classroom: Giving A Teenager’s Brain What It Needs
Fun fact - before I became a Registered Dietitian, I was a high school science teacher. I absolutely loved teaching high school. I was, and still am, convinced that investing…