Paige Nuebel, Author at UNC Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health

Premature mortality in individuals with schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSDs) is largely due to high rates of chronic health conditions. Although exercise has been shown to improve health in this population, scalable and accessible interventions are limited…read more. Orleans-Pobee M, Browne J, Ludwig K, Merritt C, Battaglini CL, Jarskog LF, Sheeran P, Penn DL. Physical Activity …

Recently, infections with emerging zoonotic bacteria of the genus Bartonella have been reported in association with a range of central nervous system (CNS) symptoms. Currently, it remains unknown if Bartonella spp. infection is associated with symptoms of schizophrenia/schizoaffective disorder (SCZ/SAD)…read more. Lashnits E, Maggi R, Jarskog F, Bradley J, Breitschwerdt E, Frohlich F. Schizophrenia and …

The COVID-19 pandemic has presented a formidable challenge to care continuity for community mental health clients with serious mental illness and for providers who have had to quickly pivot the modes of delivering critical services. Despite these challenges, many of the changes implemented during the pandemic can and should be maintained. This paper represents the …

Challenges in employment are highly prevalent among people with schizophrenia regardless of their employment history. Although supportive employment can be effective, few participants sustain meaningful competitive employment. Our goal was to identify the correlates of developing sustained unemployment…read more. Fundora C, Cruz M, Barone K, Penn DL, Jarskog LF, Pinkham AE, Harvey PD. Lifetime employment …

Based on the results of a double-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial or the treatment of auditory hallucinations in patients with schizophreni, findings suggest that tACS may be of future therapeutic value, and weekly tACS may be a means of increasing the durability of clinical benefit. A single patient trial was conducted to further test these results…read …

Poor health and low cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) contribute substantially to the shortened lifespan of individuals with schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSDs). Increasing physical activity has demonstrated value; however, there are limited interventions that are accessible and adequately address motivational challenges. This paper reports on an open trial of Physical Activity Can Enhance Life (PACE-Life), a motivational …

Although 2020 has been a challenging year, it has also presented a lot of opportunities to think differently. The Wellness on Wheels (WOW) mobile unit, like many other programs, had to adapt to the challenges of a global pandemic and creatively continue to provide essential testing services. We are pleased to announce that in partnership …

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 disorders are mental illnesses that are characterized by psychotic symptoms, which can generally be described as a loss of contact with reality. The most common …

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 Crystal Rogan, manager of UNC Psychiatry’s Vilcom outpatient clinic! The advanced leader academy is a program through the UNC Healthcare Leadership Institute that offers managers …

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. Thava Mahadevan, MS, clinical instructor in the UNC Department of Psychiatry and Director of Operations for the UNC Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health, …

“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 piece in NY Times last week speaks to the challenges in capturing – measuring — someone’s recovery. There are two primary features of a good …

“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 Attendance will be sent to only those who have registered for this webinar (i.e., if multiple team members intend to attend together on a single …

Author Archives: Paige Nuebel

Physical Activity Can Enhance Life (PACE-Life): results from a 10-week walking intervention for individuals with schizophrenia spectrum disorders

Schizophrenia and Bartonella spp. infection: a pilot case-control study

Community mental health care delivery during the COVID-19 pandemic: practical strategies for improving care for people with serious mental illness

Lifetime employment in schizophrenia: correlates of developing long term unemployment after being employed before

A case study of the feasibility of weekly tACS for the treatment of auditory hallucinations in schizophrenia

Targeting physical health in schizophrenia: results from the Physical Activity Can Enhance Life (PACE-Life) 24-week open trial

Wellness on Wheels: 2020 Annual Report

Addressing Taboo Topics: The Prevalence of Schizophrenia

Beth Rossi accepted into the 2021 Advanced Leader Academy

Thava Mahadevan Named 2020 RWJF Clinical Scholar

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