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
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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
Dr. Cynthia Bulik, founding director of the UNC Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders is leading a study with Christine Peat, director of the National Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders, to characterize the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people with eating disorders.
June 16, 2020
CECMH Recieves Funding for Heat and Eat Meal Program
June 15, 2020
Chair, Dr. Samantha Meltzer-Brody speaks with Business Insider, “What starts as anxiety and mood swings that people perceive as very temporary, can develop into more persistent anxiety disorders or depression, the longer this goes on.”
June 11, 2020
Foundation Of Hope Gives Nearly Half A Million Dollars To Mental Illness Research to UNC Psychiatry
June 10, 2020
Department chair, Dr. Samantha Meltzer-Brody speaks with Forbes about the FDA recently adding the popular antidepressant Zoloft to the drug shortage list, amid current high stress environment.
June 8, 2020