UNC Psychiatry Drs. Anna Bauer, Anthony Zannas and Amanda Harp speak to UNC Health Talk about Anxiety Running in Families
August 24, 2020
Our News
UNC SOM featured in Forbes article “A Digital Tool To Assess Mental Health Is Being Piloted For Emergency Physicians.” UNC Psychiatry was a crucial team player in creating the “Heroes Health” mental wellness app.
August 24, 2020
UNC Health proudly offers a variety of well-being resources to support you through the day to day stressors during this unprecedented time. Please use this roadmap with embedded links to guide you through the myriad of well-being options to help you care for those who care for others.
August 24, 2020
“Being Reactive: Assessing Affect in the COVID-19 Era” now published in Springer Reference. UNC Psychiatry Drs. Jonny Gerkin, Kenan Penaskovic and alumni Matt Goldenberg discuss the challenges associated with assessing affect with virtual technologies.
August 6, 2020
Congratulations Dr. Bradley Gaynes on your new grant for Global Mental Health!
August 4, 2020
This project will adapt and pilot a feasible and effective problem-solving therapy designed for low-resource settings to address common mental disorders like depression and anxiety – the Friendship Bench– in a Vietnamese population of individuals living with HIV who also have opiate use disorder. The Friendship Bench approach has the...
Dr. Samantha Meltzer-Brody speaks to Ideastream about COVID-19 and gun violence concerns, “The pandemic on its own doesn’t cause violence, but it can inflame existing anxiety, stress, or tension.”
July 27, 2020
Congratulations Donita Robinson, PhD, associate professor of psychiatry and member of the UNC Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies, was selected to help lead the Office of Graduate Education’s research and training missions.
July 16, 2020
Congratulations to our chair, Dr. Samantha Meltzer-Brody for your WCHL and Chapelboro.com “Hometown Hero” Recognition! “Our work at UNC is public service, and it’s been enormously rewarding to me to try and intervene with moms and families to have a meaningful impact,” she said.
July 9, 2020
Chair, Dr. Samantha Meltzer-Brody speaks with the New York times about the anxieties around new parenting, especially during a pandemic, “For some mothers, the pandemic worsens their fears. “Mothers may be focused on contamination or exposure to Covid.”
July 7, 2020
Dr. Samantha Meltzer-Brody speaks to Managed Healthcare Executive about making mental health services available and confidential
June 29, 2020