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Food insecurity affects approximately 12% of Americans everyday. With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic this number has increased drastically and has heavily impacted vulnerable populations who are food insecure….

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Access to safe and affordable housing continues to be one of the most pressing public health and public safety concerns. Over 500,000 people in the United States are homeless each…

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The Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health Director, Dr. John GIlmore, talks to WCHL about fighting mental health stigma and the Center’s efforts to help individuals with schizophrenia. Psychotic…

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Elizabeth “Beth” Rossi, director of quality management and clinics manager for the UNC Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health was accepted into the 2021 Advanced Leader Academy along with…

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October 1, 2020 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….

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John Gilmore, MD, director of the UNC Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health, vice chair, Research and Eure Professor in the Department of Psychiatry was featured in this April…

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“Mental-Health Researchers Ask: What Is ‘Recovery’?“ There are many ways to measure mental distress. But it’s far harder to predict, or even describe, the improvement that often follows. A thoughtful…

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“Enhancing Skills to Succeed with Independent Living“ This webinar training meets the Community Support Team (CST) service definition requirement for the Basics of Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Functional Assessments.  A Certificate of…

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