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Mahadevan Named 2020 RWJF Clinical Scholars: For the first time, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation named two Clinical Scholars from the same institution to two different health provider teams in the same year: Crystal Wiley Cené, MD, MPH, and Thava Mahadevan, MS

October 9, 2020

Congratulations to UNC Psychiatry’s Thava Mahadevan and his Wake County Familiar Faces Health Collaborative team on being selected as 2020 Clinical Scholars!

October 1, 2020
This group was chosen from applicants across the United States to benefit from this Robert Wood Johnson Foundation sponsored program. This Wake County, NC team will work with communities and other stakeholders to develop, implement, and evaluate a service model to improve hand-offs between among agencies and systems of care,...

Congratulations Karen Bluth, PhD on the launch of your new book!

October 1, 2020
Teens facing intense physical, mental, and social changes can get caught up in self-judgment and self-criticism. And, over time, these negative thoughts can build up, leading to stress, anxiety, and even depression. To help mitigate this serious issue, Karen Bluth, PhD, a fellow within the UNC Frank Porter Graham Child...

Top Of Mind interviewed Christine M. Peat, Director of NCEED about what’s happening to people struggling with eating disorders during a pandemic.

September 23, 2020

Zoe McElligott, PhD, will investigate how neurotransmitters promote alcohol consumption and whether chronic alcohol consumption alters the strength of a specific brain circuit. Congratulations on this NIH Grant Award!

September 22, 2020

Chair, Dr. Samantha Meltzer-Brody speaks with News and Record about the mental health toll and stress associated with the coronavirus pandemic, “We’re not talking about one bad afternoon, we’re talking about something that has become persistent,” she said.

September 21, 2020

How do you know if your child has a mental health disorder, and what are the signs that it’s time to seek a professional’s help? UNC Health Talk spoke with our child and adolescent psychiatrist Amy Ursano, MD

September 16, 2020

Our chair, Dr. Samantha Meltzer-Brody speaks with MedPage Today , “To see a clinically significant improvement in two weeks is unlike other antidepressants on the market, which generally take a month or longer to work,” Meltzer-Brody told MedPage Today.

September 16, 2020

Congratulations Dr. Karon Dawkins on being selected as a Mentor for the STAHR Program!

September 16, 2020
Congratulations to our Vice Chair of Education and General Psychiatry Residency Program Director, Dr. Karon Dawkins for being selected to be a Mentor/Leader in an inaugural program called STAHR- Students in Training, Academia, Health, and Research. This program is through the Office of Inclusive Excellence and we’re so proud to...

UNC Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist Dr. Christina Cruz speaks with WCHL and Chapelboro.com on addressing taboo topics during Suicide Prevention Month and the resources available through NAMI

September 16, 2020