Dr. Jessica Khan works with a multi-disciplinary team at the Wake STEP clinic to support the wellness of individuals with persistent mental illness, such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Dr. Khan’s primary clinical interests include mood and anxiety disorders, psychotic disorders, and providing psychodynamic psychotherapy. She also enjoys educating residents and medical students.   https://www.med.unc.edu/psych/directory/jessica-khan/

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 potential to make an important … Read more