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William (UNC ’75) & Dana Starling have made a $25m commitment to UNC School of Medicine UNC Psychiatry to create the UNC Suicide Prevention Institute. This gift will empower UNC experts to offer innovative & compassionate care & also support neurobiology research.

September 15, 2022

Welcome Dr. Gwendolyn Morris! She is a former resident of ours and is excited to be here now as faculty!

September 13, 2022

Joe Piven, MD, director of the Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities, is the principal investigator on a 5-year, $12-million NIH grant for the Brain and Behavior Study of ASD from Infancy through Adolescence

September 13, 2022

Welcome Emily Pisetsky, PhD, LP!

September 13, 2022

Welcome Ashley Blake, MSW, LCSW!

September 9, 2022

Patrick Sullivan, MD, has been awarded a National Institute of Mental Health grant for sequencing and trans-diagnostic phenotyping of severe mental illness in diverse populations.

September 8, 2022

When it comes to traumatic events, finding ways to cope can be a difficult process for a child. Dr. Amy Ursano says a parent’s conversation should be as honest as it can be and conversations to have with your child typically depend on the age group, too.

September 8, 2022

A tool that screens for eating disorders and helps providers counsel patients is now available for primary care clinicians in the U.S. The creation of the “easy-to-use digital screening tool” was led by Dr. Christine Peat.

September 7, 2022

Dr. Samantha Meltzer-Brody speaks to The Charlotte Post about North Carolina’s Mental health Crisis

September 7, 2022

When Medication Risks Birth Defects, Abortion Bans Force Women Into an Agonizing Dilemma: Dr. Julia Riddle speaks to slate.com

September 1, 2022