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“Being Reactive: Assessing Affect in the COVID-19 Era” now published in Springer Reference. UNC Psychiatry Drs. Jonny Gerkin, Kenan Penaskovic and alumni Matt Goldenberg discuss the challenges associated with assessing affect with virtual technologies.

August 6, 2020

Congratulations Dr. Bradley Gaynes on your new grant for Global Mental Health!

August 4, 2020
This project will adapt and pilot a feasible and effective problem-solving therapy designed for low-resource settings to address common mental disorders like depression and anxiety – the Friendship Bench– in a Vietnamese population of individuals living with HIV who also have opiate use disorder. The Friendship Bench approach has the...

Dr. Samantha Meltzer-Brody speaks to Ideastream about COVID-19 and gun violence concerns, “The pandemic on its own doesn’t cause violence, but it can inflame existing anxiety, stress, or tension.”

July 27, 2020

Congratulations Donita Robinson, PhD, associate professor of psychiatry and member of the UNC Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies, was selected to help lead the Office of Graduate Education’s research and training missions.

July 16, 2020

Congratulations to our chair, Dr. Samantha Meltzer-Brody for your WCHL and Chapelboro.com “Hometown Hero” Recognition! “Our work at UNC is public service, and it’s been enormously rewarding to me to try and intervene with moms and families to have a meaningful impact,” she said.

July 9, 2020

Chair, Dr. Samantha Meltzer-Brody speaks with the New York times about the anxieties around new parenting, especially during a pandemic, “For some mothers, the pandemic worsens their fears. “Mothers may be focused on contamination or exposure to Covid.”

July 7, 2020

Dr. Samantha Meltzer-Brody speaks to Managed Healthcare Executive about making mental health services available and confidential

June 29, 2020

Dr. Cynthia Bulik, founding director of the UNC Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders is leading a study with Christine Peat, director of the National Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders, to characterize the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people with eating disorders.

June 16, 2020

CECMH Recieves Funding for Heat and Eat Meal Program

June 15, 2020

Chair, Dr. Samantha Meltzer-Brody speaks with Business Insider, “What starts as anxiety and mood swings that people perceive as very temporary, can develop into more persistent anxiety disorders or depression, the longer this goes on.”

June 11, 2020