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The UNC Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health has been awarded a $2.4-million grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The project will address homelessness and provide comprehensive behavioral health care and other services for individuals living with serious mental illnesses who are experiencing or...

The Town of Chapel Hill’s Fire Chief, Matt Sullivan, recently spoke to students in the Division of Clinical Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling about trauma, crisis, and wisdom he has learned during his varied, multi-decade career. Sullivan, whose background spans law and social work, draws from his past experiences and...

Mariel Marshall is a second-year student in the Division of Clinical Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling who sees it as her mission to ensure that future counselors advocate for their clients, particularly people of color. While growing up in New York, Marshall saw a lack of counselors who came from a similar racial...

From Arlington, Virginia, to Anaheim, California, Division of Clinical Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling (CRMHC) students presented their research from coast to coast during the 2017-2018 school year. In October of 2017, four fully funded students attended the annual conference of the National Council on Rehabilitation Education (NCRE), Rehabilitation Services...

In May 2018, we enjoyed the graduation ceremony for our 18 graduating students. The event was held on campus, and we had a large crowd of first and second-year students, family, friends, and faculty. The faculty are very proud of all the hard work these graduates accomplished and the lives...

As Department of Allied Health Sciences Allied Health Ambassadors, students from our division are bringing awareness to the academic challenges, financial strains, and interpersonal conflicts that are often faced by minority students pursuing professional careers. At a DAHS annual event, titled Difference Matters, first-year student Shamni Uthayasoorian spoke on diversity...

Judy Schmidt, EdD, CRC, LPCA, and graduate student Nicola Zollinger are pairing up to promote stronger interprofessional relationships. Collaboration has come from a variety of disciplines, including audiology, education, nursing, occupational therapy, public health, physical therapy, social work, psychology. Already this year, the team has promoted and hosted its inaugural...

PhD student Jenni Shafer hopes her newly discovered research passions will lower barriers in an often-overlooked and under-researched issue facing adults. In June of 2013, Jenni Shafer was kicked in the head by a horse. The four years since that accident have been arduous, yet rewarding: they have brought her...

Clinical Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling masters students celebrated graduation on Saturday, May 13, 2017. The Division of Clinical Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling celebrated its Master of Science graduates on Saturday, May 13, 2017, in the Medical Biomolecular Research Building (MBRB). The program’s 18 graduates specialized in either psychiatric...

More than a dozen students in the UNC School of Medicine Department of Allied Health Sciences received recognition for their studies across four health care disciplines. On Thursday, April 20, 2017, The UNC Graduate School recognized dozens of students for their accomplishments during the school year, including Jesse Sykes, a second-year...