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Thava Mahadevan, MS, director of operations at the UNC Center for Excellence and Community Mental Health, and director of The Farm at Penny Lane will receive a Citizen’s Award from the Indy Magazine February 22 at the Cotton Room at Golden Belt, 807 E. Main St., Durham Read Article

A study by researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, conclude that poverty influences children’s brain development. John Gilmore, MD, professor of psychiatry and director of the UNC Center of Excellence in Community Mental Health is co-author of the study that was...

John Gilmore, MD, vice chair of Research and Scientific Affairs in the Department of Psychiatry and Duke Researcher Richard Mooney, PhD, discuss "Why Schizophrenics Hear Voices" on NPR's The State of Things.

Editor Alice Lockhart, BA, Director of Communications alice_lockhart@med.unc.edu Photographers: Will Owen Photography Thava Mahadevan, MS Charles Thayer, MS UNC Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health Department of Psychiatry The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Campus Box 7160 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7160 unccmh.org

The new technical assistance center will support ACT teams by providing ongoing program evaluation and quality improvement consultation.

The exhibit featured art from Brushes with Life artists, the movie by the same name, and artwork created by local area Charlotte artists who are adults living with mental illness.

  John Gilmore, MD The last six months has been a period of enormous growth and activity for the Center. Over the summer, the Center has established a new STEP clinic and an ACT team in Wake County, allowing the Center to significantly expand its clinical care mission. We appreciate...

  The services of the Center’s well-respected STEP (Schizophrenia Treatment and Evaluation Program) clinic are now available at the UNC STEP Community Clinic of Wake County, also called Wake STEP Clinic. The outpatient clinic will serve approximately 500 Wake County patients with serious mental illness who were transferred from the...

Medical Directors from the state's public mental health system get updates from the state's new Medicaid Director.

The STEP Symposium offers mental health professionals, advocates, individuals and families living with schizophrenia an annual learning opportunity focused on innovative treatment approaches.

John Gilmore, MD, and Van Eure from the Foundation of Hope discuss the history of the Walk for Hope and the upcoming event. scheduled October 13.

Lebanon's specialized police units learn to deal effectively with domestic violence.