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Melinda “Mindy” Asbury, MD, PhD, was named assistant professor in psychiatry and medical director for the Wake ACT Team in May 2019; she specializes in the treatment of individuals with serious mental illness and brings expertise in intensive community-based interventions, first episode psychosis and integrated care. She also works with...

Rebecca Bottom, MD, joined the Center in June 2019 as a staff psychiatrist at the Wake STEP Clinic and an assistant professor in UNC Psychiatry. She works with a multi-disciplinary team to support the wellness of individuals with persistent mental illnesses, such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. She also collaborates...

  The Center welcomes to its advisory board: Brianne Brown, PsyD, a clinical psychologist and senior medical science liaison for neuroscience medical affairs at Janssen Scientific Affairs; David Pope, a senior manager at US Energy, SAS, and team leader of data scientists and technical architects who enable customers to gain...

Deborah “Debbie” Redman, MSW, LCSW, LCAS-A, a therapist at Wake Encompass, was named clinical director July 1, 2019. Previously, she worked as a mental health therapist with Wake County Human Services, serving patients in several settings, homeless services, crisis services and a mental health clinic. Redman joined UNC School of...

NC Community Psychiatrists’ Leadership Network Video Conference features Carrie Brown, MD, MPH The Center’s Community Psychiatrists’ Leadership Network Video Conference Series launch featured Carrie L. Brown, MD, MPH, and chief medical officer for Behavioral Health & IDD, at the NC Department of Health and Human Services. The October 8 event,...

Fall  Newsletter 2019 Reality Check Editor: Alice Lockhart Photography: Brian Strickland Photography Copyright – UNC Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health, CB 7160, Chapel Hill, N.C.

The  UNC Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health, a partner with the  UNC School of Social Work, the nonprofit organization Cross Disability Services (XDS Inc.)  and other community partners broke ground November 15  for the Tiny Homes Village (THV) at the UNC Farm at Penny Lane. The Village will...

The idea came as many great ideas come. Thava Mahadevan was watching an HGTV show about the latest real estate craze, Tiny Homes. “Certainly it made sense. You build it small,” he said. Finding affordable housing for people in need had been a lifelong goal of his, and suddenly he...

in  honor of University Research Week at UNC-Chapel Hill, the UNC School of Medicine is featuring three winning images from its “Art in Science” competition, images that embody the spirit of discovery, the importance of innovation and collaboration, and the visual beauty of biomedical research. “Developing White Matter Pathways in...

John Gilmore, MD, the Center’s director, Eure Professor  and vice chair for Research in the UNC psychiatry, traveled to western North Carolina as part of UNC Chapel Hill’s bus tour in October and is included in the photo for this News and Observer article published October 26, 2019.  

A Wisconsin colleague and friend had posed a question to the listserv last month, of which 20 of you provided some responses (thank you!).  The essence of the question was — do you have access to a specialized psychiatric crisis response center and/or do you interface with a general hospital’s...

The Institute’s Penny Liles & Melissa DeHaven presented on IPS Fidelity at the recent NC APSE Conference in Blowing Rock. Trends in the state’s 5 years of data were compared to the IPS Learning Collaborative’s larger data set. In the afternoon, Melissa & Penny continued by speaking on Assertive Engagement...