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Deborah Lawson appointed to Wake County Human Services Board

December 17, 2018
Deborah Lawson, a licensed clinical social worker and family therapist, at the Center’s Wake STEP Clinic in Raleigh, was appointed to the Wake County Human Services Board in November and approved by the Wake County Board of County Commissioners for a two-year term. Wake County Human Services Board is a...

No Limits Gala celebrates fifth year

December 17, 2018
The Center celebrated its fifth annual No Limits Gala November 1, at the George Watts Hill Alumni Center on the UNC campus. Nearly 150 friends and supporters celebrated the evening with dinner, music, as well as silent and live auctions. John Gilmore, MD, director of the Center, Thad and Alice...

News Briefs

December 17, 2018
Brushes with Life presents annual fall exhibition and reception Created in 2000 to provide artists recovering from mental illness a venue to exhibit their work, the UNC Brushes with Life Arts Program presented its annual exhibition and reception September 25. Following a reception at the UNC Starbucks, guests enjoyed art...

Editor

December 17, 2018
Reality Check Newsletter Summer/Fall 2018 Editor: Alice Lockhart, BA, Director of Communications [alice_lockhart@med.unc.edu] Photography Brian Stickland Photography Alec Himwich Photography Copyright - UNC Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health, CB 7160, Chapel Hill, N.C

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