4 years ago
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 8 article in the News and Observer.
4 years ago
UNC Farm at Penny Lane is one of three organizations to receive affordable housing funding from Chatham County’s Board of Commissioners. Read more at Chapelboro.Com
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The Brushes with Life gallery located in the N.C. Neuroscienes Hospital is a space for hundreds of local artists living with mental illness to display their work. The Brushes with Life Art Program strives to lessen the stigma of mental illnesses through this program.
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Lorna Moser, PhD, associate professor of psychiatry and director of the Center’s Institute for Best Practices, is principal investigator for a three-year, nearly $500,000 grant from the Laura and John Arnold Foundation for a national study to look at Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) for individuals with serious mental illness.
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It is an exciting time at the Center as we look forward to the holiday season. We are pleased to welcome our new chair of psychiatry, Samantha Meltzer-Brody, MD, MPH, who officially took the role October 1. Many of you know Samantha from her leadership in our Department of Psychiatry, the School of Medicine as …
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Melinda “Mindy” Asbury, MD, PhD, was named assistant professor in psychiatry and medical director for the Wake ACT Team in May 2019; she specializes in the treatment of individuals with serious mental illness and brings expertise in intensive community-based interventions, first episode psychosis and integrated care. She also works with psychiatry and family medicine residents …
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Rebecca Bottom, MD, joined the Center in June 2019 as a staff psychiatrist at the Wake STEP Clinic and an assistant professor in UNC Psychiatry. She works with a multi-disciplinary team to support the wellness of individuals with persistent mental illnesses, such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. She also collaborates with the UNC Women’s Mood …
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The Center welcomes to its advisory board: Brianne Brown, PsyD, a clinical psychologist and senior medical science liaison for neuroscience medical affairs at Janssen Scientific Affairs; David Pope, a senior manager at US Energy, SAS, and team leader of data scientists and technical architects who enable customers to gain value from implementing analytics in …
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Deborah “Debbie” Redman, MSW, LCSW, LCAS-A, a therapist at Wake Encompass, was named clinical director July 1, 2019. Previously, she worked as a mental health therapist with Wake County Human Services, serving patients in several settings, homeless services, crisis services and a mental health clinic. Redman joined UNC School of Medicine at WakeBrook as a …
4 years ago
NC Community Psychiatrists’ Leadership Network Video Conference features Carrie Brown, MD, MPH The Center’s Community Psychiatrists’ Leadership Network Video Conference Series launch featured Carrie L. Brown, MD, MPH, and chief medical officer for Behavioral Health & IDD, at the NC Department of Health and Human Services. The October 8 event, specifically designed for community psychiatrists, …
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Fall Newsletter 2019 Reality Check Editor: Alice Lockhart Photography: Brian Strickland Photography Copyright – UNC Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health, CB 7160, Chapel Hill, N.C.
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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 …
