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Individuals with the most serious mental illness have high unemployment rates, up to 85 percent. Having a job is a major step toward recovery, according to the Dartmouth Individual Placement Support (IPS) philosophy and research. Employed clients have a better quality of life with increased self-esteem and reduced symptoms of...

Patients at the STEP Clinic at Carr Mill as well as those in the Department of Psychiatry, now have access to a free dental screening, thanks to a collaboration between Piedmont Health Services Dental Health Clinic and the Center’s Integrated Care program. Three dentists from Piedmont Health Services rotate monthly...

In a collaboration with Duke Health’s Division of Community Health, the Duke School of Nursing, Center’s Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) teams and assertive case management team will take part in a research collaboration between the Duke School of Medicine and the North Carolina Coalition to End Homelessness. The study, funded...

  Francis Greenburger, successful real estate developer, author, and mental health advocate, will be the featured speaker at the Center’s Fourth Annual No Limits Gala at the George Watts Hill Alumni Center on November 2, 2017. He will also receive the Center’s Community Mental Health Advocacy Award for his contributions...

Register today for the Center's Fourth Annual No Limits Gala featuring Mental Health Advocate Francis Greenburger, scheduled for November 2 at the George Watts Hill Alumni Center on the UNC -CH campus. Check out registration link below.

Approximately 2 million North Carolinians live with some kind of mental illness. The UNC Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health was founded to help the most vulnerable individuals in this population as they try to cope with the symptoms and stigma associated with mental illness. UNC Endeavers Magazine.

Scientists at UNC-Chapel Hill are using MRI images to study the early development of the brain, and to discover potential early signs of autism. Dr. John Gilmore is the director of UNC Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health, Thad and Alice Eure Professor, and vice chair, research, in the...

Karen Lamont, vice president, Kalos Golf in Chapel Hill, golf tour operator offering golf cruises and private jet tours around the world, recently joined the Center’s advisory board.

The UNC Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health has received a three-year accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF), an independent, nonprofit accreditor of health and human services including behavioral medicine.

Symposium features measurement-based care in integrated care in psychiatry

  Charlie gets a bath A month-long crowdfunding campaign, launched June 1, raised more than $55,000 to support the UNC PAWS program, which was in jeopardy of closing. More than 460 individuals donated during the campaign, which was conducted by the Medical Foundation of North Carolina Inc. Generally, grants and...

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