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Editor Alice Lockhart, BA Director of Communications alice_lockhart@med.unc.edu Photography Brian Strickland Photography Will Owen Photography Copyright UNC Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health CB 7160 Chapel Hill, NC 27599  

  While it is not a typical Supper Club, the weekly gathering provides an opportunity for clients of the Wake ACT (Assertive Community Treatment) Team to socialize with each other and the ACT team. Together, they plan, prepare and share a meal on Thursday evenings at a nearby respite house...

Christopher Jamrog poses on the deck that he and volunteers built Local Boy Scout builds deck at the Farm at Penny Lane as part of his Eagle project Christopher Jamrog, a member of Boy Scout Troop 244 in Cary, N.C. and now a freshman at UNC Chapel Hill, completed in...

Wake OASIS, relocated their offices from Glenwood Avenue to 3010 Falstaff Rd. in Raleigh on December 1 and is now housed with the Center’s ACT (Assertive Community Treatment) Team, the Wake STEP Clinic, and the North Carolina Psychiatric Research Center (NCPRC). The Wake OASIS clinic serves adolescents ages 16-18 and...

UNC PAWS House SunTech Medical, located in Morrisville, N.C. will donate a portion of its 2017 sales of its veterinary vital signs monitor sales to UNC PAWS, a shelter-to-pet recovery program at the Center. UNC PAWS (peer-assisted wellness support) a shelter-to-pet program, rescues shelter dogs and teaches individuals with serious...

Photo L-R Cam Enarson, MD, MBA, Francis Greenburger, William Roper, MD, and John Gilmore, MD, at pre-Gala Reception Francis Greenburger, successful real estate developer, author, and mental health advocate, was the featured speaker at the Center’s Fourth Annual No Limits Gala on Nov. 2, 2017 at the George Watts Hill...

  It is an exciting time at the Center as we prepare for the holidays and the New Year. We celebrated our Fourth Annual No Limits Gala fundraiser, November 2, at the Carolina Club on the UNC campus. The addition of silent and live auctions was a great success. It...

SunTech Medical will donate a portion of its veterinary vital signs monitor sales to the UNC PAWS.

  I am pleased to have the opportunity to update you on the many activities here at Center. Our IPS supported employment program received an exemplary rating in a recent fidelity review. The annual Brushes with Life Opening Exhibit and Reception continues to be an important event for our artists...

Editor Alice Lockhart, BA Director of Communications alice_lockhart@med.unc.edu Photography Brian Strickland Photography Will Owen Photography Copyright UNC Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health CB 7160 Chapel Hill, NC 27599

  L-R A .Clay, R.Reed MD, and P. Douglas Williams Integrated Care team presents at national SAMHSA conference Angela Clay, program coordinator, Princess Douglas-Williams, nurse care manager, and Robin Reed, MD, MPH, director, Integrated Care, presented “Population health/patient centered medical home elements” on a panel at the National SAMHSA Conference...

In its 17th year, the Brushes with Life Arts program gives local adults living with mental illness an opportunity to display and sell their artwork. On September 19, artists, their families and other guests enjoyed the 2017 annual opening exhibit and a reception at the North Carolina Neurosciences Hospital. This...