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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 …
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Nearly 100 patients, families and mental health professionals learned about new recovery approaches for early psychosis at the 22nd Annual STEP Symposium on April 18, 2015 at the Paul J. Rizzo Conference Center at Meadowmont in Chapel Hill. John Gilmore, MD, Thad and Alice Eure professor, department of psychiatry, vice chair, Research and Scientific Affairs, …
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Erica Arrington, MD Erica Arrington, MD, joined the Center March 1, 2015 as clinical associate professor and medical director for the Schizophrenia Treatment and Evaluation Program (STEP) at the Carr Mill Community Clinic. Additionally, she serves as medical director for the Critical Time Intervention program and provides clinical support to various other programs at the …
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Warren Newton, MD, MPH, director, NC AHEC The Center presented its Fifth Annual Medical Directors’ Network Symposium, “Leadership and Management: The Medical Director’s Role in Communicating and Supervising,” on May 30, 2015, at the George Watts Hill Alumni Center on the UNC-CH campus. The Symposium is designed to address specific topics that impact the role …
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Janice Bainbridge, MSW, LCSW, Team Leader CTI The Critical Time Intervention (CTI) program at the UNC Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health will continue its services this year as it undergoes an important expansion. Funded with recent contracts from the state, the program’s growing team will serve around 90 individuals with severe mental …
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Carol VanderZwagg, MD The UNC Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) team at the Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health 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 …
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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Meridian Behavioral Services Inc., a private nonprofit in Sylva, signed an affiliation agreement May 1, 2015. John Gilmore, MD, Thad and Alice Eure Professor, vice chair of Research and Scientific Affairs, director and medical director of the UNC Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health in …
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UNC Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health launched a new evidence-based supported employment program for individuals with mental illness in June of 2014. The program recently received an exemplary rating by the NC Department of Health and Human Services.
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The Center's Farm at Penny Lane participated at UNC's biannual farmer's market at the Pit. The event is held each semester to introduce students to local sources of food and other products.
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Robin Reed, MD, MPH, assistant professor of psychiatry and director for the Center’s integrated care program, is the principal investigator for the four-year grant.
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Summer/Fall News letter (Reality Check) Editor: Alice Lockhart, BA, Director of Communications Contact: alice_lochart@med.unc.edu Photographers Ed Binanay, BA Melanie Busbee, BA Charles Thayer, MS Will Owen Photography Contributing Writer Tom Hughes, MA Copyright UNC Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health CB 7160 Chapel Hill, N.C
