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Our newest paper suggests frontoparietal theta synchrony as a promising therapeutic target for attention disorders. We show that top-down theta connectivity stabilizes attentional performance in a freely moving behavioral task under high cognitive demand.

Myra Daniel, currently serving as AHEC and Medical Student Coordinator, celebrates her 50th year with UNC Psychiatry! Since August 1974, Myra has had multiple roles working with faculty, residents, and medical students alike. Myra’s career developed from helping to research and edit manuscripts to be submitted for publications for psychanalysts...

Members of the UNC Department of Psychiatry joined with UNC Health teammates from UNC Health Virtual Care Services and UNC Health Caldwell to present findings from an innovative clinical model to address the shortage of psychiatrists in rural North Carolina. Their talk, titled “Expanding Access to Inpatient Psychiatric Care Through Telepsychiatry:...

“It’s a huge transition for the family as a unit,” said Dr. Hubbard, “so, not just mom but also dad is significantly impacted.” “If [a father] is not receiving any care,” said Dr. Hubbard, “and he’s going weeks, months of experiencing severe depression or anxiety or irritability or fatigue or a...

This new study, using data from over 2,500 participants in the AURORA, sheds light on how adverse posttraumatic neuropsychiatric sequelae (APNS) develop and change during the first two months following trauma through latent transition modeling. In this study, APNS symptoms include pain, depressive symptoms, sleep discontinuity, nightmares, somatic symptoms, concentration/thinking/fatigue,...

The North Carolina Healthy Active Living (NC HeAL) program is an innovative clinical service offered to all Coordinated Specialty Care (CSC) clients in this state. It offers personalized health and wellness coaching to help clients achieve meaningful health improvements. This paper provides a detailed description of the program’s development, the...