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The mission of the UNC Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health is to promote the recovery of persons with mental illness in North Carolina through evidence-based and cost-effective prevention, treatment, training, research and community education.

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  Tiny Homes Village breaks ground at the Farm at Penny Lane

  The  UNC Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health, a partner with the  UNC School of Social Work, the nonprofit organization Cross Disability Services (XDS Inc.)  and other community partners broke ground November 15  for the Tiny Homes Village (THV) at the UNC Farm at Penny Lane. The Village will provide housing for veterans and … Continued

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  Three ‘Art in Science’ Competition Winners Demonstrate Beauty of Science

  in  honor of University Research Week at UNC-Chapel Hill, the UNC School of Medicine is featuring three winning images from its “Art in Science” competition, images that embody the spirit of discovery, the importance of innovation and collaboration, and the visual beauty of biomedical research. “Developing White Matter Pathways in the Infant Brain” was submitted  … Continued

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  UNC faculty gets outside Chapel Hill for a bus tour of NC’s successes and challenges

  John Gilmore, MD, the Center’s director, Eure Professor  and vice chair for Research in the UNC psychiatry, traveled to western North Carolina as part of UNC Chapel Hill’s bus tour in October and is included in the photo for this News and Observer article published October 26, 2019.