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Striatal dopamine in anhedonia: A simultaneous [11C]raclopride positron emission tomography and functional magnetic resonance imaging investigation

July 10, 2023
This study used to simultaneous PET-MR to detect reduced striatal dopamine functioning during reward processing and blunted mesocorticolimbic network functional connectivity in a transdiagnostic sample with clinically significant anhedonia.  

Dr. Robyn Jordan shares advocacy for telehealth at meeting with U.S. Senator Tillis in Raleigh with a mental health care agenda

July 10, 2023

Dr. Michael Baca-Atlas contributes to NBC News article on xylazine in the illegal drug supply

July 7, 2023

Dr. Nate Sowa tells Spectrum News 1, there’s been a surge in demand for behavioral health care and services, using technology such as telehealth allows existing providers to reach more patients than they did previously, especially in rural areas.

July 5, 2023

Patrick Sullivan, MD, FRANZCP and the Psychiatric Genomic Consortium have produced a new packet for the journal Science, to give researchers another way to understand human disease, using the power of evolutionary genomics.

June 30, 2023

Chair, Dr. Samantha Meltzer-Brody was presented with the 2023 Great Teachers certificate by NIH Clinical Center

June 29, 2023

UNC Addiction Medicine Researchers Collaborate to Combat Evolving Drug Supply

June 26, 2023
Researchers Dr. Robyn Jordan (UNC Psychiatry, Addiction Medicine), Dr. Zoe McElligott (UNC Psychiatry, Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies) and Dr. Nabarun Dasgupta (Gillings School of Global Public Health) partner to take on the evolving drug supply issues, recognizing that the addition of xylazine to fentanyl is likely what’s creating provider...

Congratulations Dr. Asif Khan

June 26, 2023
Prior to his psychiatry residency, PGY2 Dr. Asif Khan founded a not-for-profit organization that actively engages with refugee community members as they navigate the complexities of living in a new country. His organization, Refugee Community Partnership (RCP),  has been awarded a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Community Solutions for Health Equity...

Congratulations Psychoanalytic Center of the Carolinas (PCC) Pearsall Fellows!

June 22, 2023
The Psychoanalytic Center of the Carolinas (PCC) awards fellowships for psychiatry residents and early career psychiatry faculty at residency training programs in NC and SC. Fellows will receive $5,000 to be used flexibly for courses, supervision, and treatment through the PCC and its members, as well as attending meetings of...

Samantha Meltzer-Brody, MD, MPH, was interviewed on PPD by People . “All mothers need to make sure they are well-versed in understanding [PPD],” Meltzer-Brody says.

June 20, 2023