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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

Five years ago, artist and author Jay Quinn joined the Brushes with Life Arts Program after hearing about it from his psychiatrist. He had just moved to Chapel Hill from South Florida and decided to reinvest in his artistic pursuits, including representational acrylic and mixed media works with text incorporation. Read more in the Daily …

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. Learn more at UNC’s Vital Signs.

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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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UNC Farm at Penny Lane receives affordable housing funding from Chatham County’s Board of Commissioners.

‘A sense of self-expression’: Brushes with Life Arts Program uses art to relieve stress

UNC Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health receives nearly $500,000 to study mental health program

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Melinda Asbury named medical director for the Wake ACT Team

Rebecca Bottom joins Wake STEP

The Center welcomes three new advisory board members Brianne Brown, David Pope and Curtis Massey

Debbie Redman named clinical director for Wake Encompass

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