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UNC Psychiatry Asks 100,000 Moms to Join National Postpartum Depression Study

March 2, 2020
Mom Genes Fight PPD Destigmatizes Silent Disease in New Video   CHAPEL HILL, NC — March 4, 2020 — Postpartum depression (PPD) is the No. 1  cause of maternal mortality from suicide. PPD can have a range of dangerous consequences and is widespread, affecting one in seven mothers. Yet, symptoms...

UNC Psychiatry’s Dr. Cindy Bulik highlighted in NIH: Using Technology to Help Predict Binge and Purge Episodes in People with Eating Disorders

March 2, 2020

UNC Psychiatrist, Dr. Brad Gaynes Inducted Into American College of Psychiatrists

February 21, 2020
Dr. Brad Gaynes was one of 40 new members inducted today into the American College of Psychiatrists. He was accompanied at the induction ceremony by Robert Golden, the former Chair of our Department and the current Dean of the School of Medicine at the University of Wisconsin.

NCEED Director Dr. Christine Peat speaks about the complicated nature of celebrities sharing their struggles with eating disorders in Washington Post article.

February 20, 2020

The NEW UNC Health

February 20, 2020
We are re-imagining what it means to transform and lead in health and wellness. We are connecting 33,000 co-workers across our state. We are working to exceed the changing expectations of the patients we serve, and helping them to achieve the goals they have for their personal health. Our ambition...

UNC Associate Professor, Jonny Gerkin, MD, quoted for “The Healthy” website: “When Your Partner Has Anxiety, Here Are 9 Ways You Can Help”

February 13, 2020

UNC psychologist Samantha Pflum Quoted for WRAL, “6 ways parents can help prevent teen suicide”

February 13, 2020

Our chair, Samantha Meltzer-Brody, MD, MPH, and director of UNC’s Center for Women’s Mood Disorders, was quoted in this first-person perspective on new parenting and when normal worrying develops into something else.

February 11, 2020

UNC Psychiatry Doctors Ranked Best in North Carolina

February 4, 2020

Farm at Penny Lane just awarded $54,000 for the Tiny House Village!

February 4, 2020