9 years ago
L-R Victoria Toles, RN, and Nina Fierro, MSW, LCSW, research instructor The Outreach and Support Intervention Services (OASIS) Clinic at the Center has begun a new program that focuses on health and wellness education for its clients. Created in April 2015, coordinators of STRIDE are already seeing positive changes in the participants. STRIDE is …
9 years ago
John Gilmore, MD This summer we reached an exciting milestone—we now have more than 100 employees at the Center, and we continue to grow. The Center’s OASIS (Outreach and Support Intervention Services) program, serving adolescents and young adults who are experiencing their first episode of psychosis, has expanded to Wake County. The new clinic is …
9 years ago
Adolescents ages 16-18 and young adults in Wake County who are experiencing their first episodes of early psychosis (mental illness) or are at risk for developing a psychotic illness can now access UNC’s well-known Outreach and Support Intervention Services (OASIS) closer to their homes. Research indicates that adolescents and young adults who receive comprehensive treatment …
9 years ago
Reality Check Newsletter Summer 2015 Editor Alice Lockhart, BA Director of Communications Contributing Writers Maddie Gilmore Sunny Westerman Photography JoanBrady Photography Will Owen Photography Copyright UNC Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health CB 7160 Chapel Hill, N.C
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The UNC PAWS program (Puppy Development Center) of the UNC Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health trains puppies that become service dogs for veterans and others with disabilities.
9 years ago
The UNC PAWS (Peer-Assisted Wellness Support) shelter-to-pet program, which started at the farm in 2014, is on track to graduate its 11th dog by mid-July. Another 25 puppies have gone through the more recently established Puppy Development Center.
9 years ago
Providing a place to live, along with support services, for people with mental illness is the goal of a partnership that aims to begin building a small community of 200-square-foot “tiny homes” at The Farm at Penny Lane in Chatham County
9 years ago
The Center's ACT Team is piloting a new program that will fill an important gap in community-based treatment of individuals with severe mental illness in Orange and Chatham counties. A Medicaid-funded service that will be a subset of the current ACT team, the new Step-Down program will aid individuals as they transition from the high-intensity treatment of the ACT team to independent office-based care.
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Editor Alice Lockhart. BA Director, Communications Photographers Ed Binanay, BA Charles Thayer, MS Will Owen Photography Contributing Writer Madeline Gilmore Copyright UNC Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health CB 7160 Chapel Hill, N.C Contact alice_lockhart@med.unc.edu
9 years ago
John Gilmore, MD It has been an exciting and busy time at the Center this spring. We continue to grow, and we are finalizing our five-year strategic plan. In this spring issue, you will read about a number of our accomplishments, including our recent affiliation agreement with Meridian Behavioral Health Services in Sylva. The …
9 years ago
Aaron Nelson Aaron Nelson, president and CEO, Chapel Hill/Carrboro Chamber of Commerce, will serve as chair of the Center’s advisory board. He has headed the Chamber for 14 years, has been the executive director of the Chamber’s charitable economic and community development affiliate since its creation in 2004, and is co-chair of the national …
9 years ago
NAMI Walk Nearly 20 Center employees, families and friends gathered in Raleigh at the Dorothea Dix Campus on May 2 to walk the 2.3 mile route to support NAMI. Proceeds from the walk will be used for critical mental health programs, education, support and advocacy. The Center team raised more than $1,200 to assist NAMI …
