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Editor Alice Lockhart, BA Director of Communications alice_lockhart@med.unc.edu Photography Brian Strickland Photography KPO Photo Marie Lamoureaux Copyright UNC Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health CB 7160 Chapel Hill, NC 27599
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Center faculty and staff present at NAMI state-wide conference Staff and faculty from two Center programs presented October 7-8 at the annual NAMI North Carolina State-wide Conference held at the Sheraton Raleigh Hotel. Diana Perkins, MD, MPH, professor and medical director of UNC OASIS Chapel Hill and Carrboro, presented “Recognizing and Treating Early Episode Psychosis: …
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Tracey Himmel and Manmohan Sihra joined the Center’s advisory board this fall. Himmel has more than 20 years of business development experience. Most recently, she was business development manager for the Chapel Hill /Carrboro Chamber of Commerce and previously served as assistant regional manager at ReliaStar Life Insurance (now Voya.) She has held various community …
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More than 175 friends and supporters of the UNC Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health attended a celebration of recovery at the third annual No Limits Gala held at the George Watts Hill Alumni Center on November 17. John Gilmore, MD, director of the Center, and Aaron Nelson, chairman of the Center’s advisory …
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On September 13, artists and friends of the UNC Brushes with Life Arts Program gathered in the lobby of the North Carolina Neurosciences Hospital to celebrate this year’s opening exhibition and reception. Following a welcome from John Gilmore, MD, director of the Center, and an introduction of the artists by Grayson Bowen, coordinator of …
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John Gilmore MD It has been an exciting and busy time at the Center. We collaborated with our friends and colleagues at the Foundation of Hope for Research and Treatment of Mental Illness for “Pasta with Purpose,” a fundraiser sponsored by the Carolina Club. We hosted our third annual No Limits Gala in November …
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The Center’s Wake County programs, STEP, OASIS and our Wake ACT Team, along with WakeBrook Crisis and Assessment and its programs, and the UNC Parent Assessment Program were honored as UNC Health Care Award as part of a leadership award that North Carolina Council of Community Programs presented to UNC Health Care on June 20 at the North Raleigh Hilton.
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Mark your calendar for November 17 for the Center's Third Annual No Limits Gala. Professional drummer and mental health advocate Mike Veny will be the featured speaker at the George Watts Hill Alumni Center on the UNC Campus. He is founder of TransformingStigma.Com.
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It has been an exciting year at the Center, and we continue to grow our services to reach more individuals with mental illness and to train mental health professionals around the state. Diana Perkins, MD, MPH, and her team at UNC’s Outreach and Support Intervention Services (OASIS) expanded their services for adolescents and young adults to Wake County and are located on Glenwood Avenue. Our Dartmouth-modeled IPS Supported Employment program, which helps our patients find jobs, continues to be a great success.
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The Center's Farm at Penny Lane, which houses our innovative recovery and rehabilitation programs for individuals with severe mental illness, was featured in the March issue of the Carolina Alumni Review, courtesy of writer David Brown. This nearly 40-acre farm, located in Pittsboro, approximately, six miles from the UNC-Chapel Hill Campus, is home to a Community Garden, our Horticulture Therapy Program, bees, chickens and those cute puppies from our Puppy Development Center at Penny Lane. The puppies, including TRESSIE, were particularly pleased to be part of the article. Take a look; you'll love it!
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OASIS celebrates its expansion and a new location in Raleigh UNC OASIS celebrated its expansion to Wake County and the opening of a new office on Glenwood Avenue in Raleigh on February 18. Local clinicians, physicians, patients and their families had the opportunity to learn about early psychosis and treatment at a community symposium titled …
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Editor Alice Lockhart, BA Director of Communications alice_lockhart@med.unc.edu Photography Will Owen Photography Edward Binanay, BS Copyright UNC Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health CB 7160 Chapel Hill, NC 27599 June 2016
