UNC Psychiatry’s Perinatal Psychiatry Inpatient Unit featured in Today’s Parent article, “My stay on a psychiatric ward for PPD inspired a new career.” Former patient speaks about her experience with PPD and being in our inpatient environment.

May 10, 2021

Chair, Dr. Samantha Meltzer-Brody speaks to Psychiatric Times about the benefits fast-acting medications can have on maternal mental health

May 10, 2021

Chair, Dr. Meltzer-Brody discusses PTSD and Breastfeeding with Parenting magazine

April 29, 2021

UNC Women’s Mood Disorders announces new Perinatal Psychiatry Clinical Research Fellowship!

January 13, 2021

Perinatal Psychiatry Physician Researcher Fellowship The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Department of Psychiatry is offering a new 12-month Clinical Research fellowship providing psychiatrists with advanced training in both clinical and research aspects of perinatal psychiatry. The fellowship takes advantage of the department’s extensive outpatient program working closely with UNC’s OB/GYN department and … Read more

Welcome Dr. Margo Nathan!

January 11, 2021

Dr. Nathan is a new faculty member in the UNC Center for Women’s Mood Disorders Program and is a physician researcher. Her clinical interests include the care of perinatal and perimenopausal women with affective disorders. Her research interests are focused on examining the impact of affective illness on adverse medical outcomes in midlife women.

Dr. Mary Kimmel speaks with WCHL Chapelboro.com sharing, “Originally, people thought pregnancy was protective and then people realized that’s not true,” Kimmel said. “Studies have shown that there is clearly an increase postpartum of women who require a higher level of mental health services.”

November 30, 2020

Our chair, Dr. Samantha Meltzer-Brody speaks with MedPage Today , “To see a clinically significant improvement in two weeks is unlike other antidepressants on the market, which generally take a month or longer to work,” Meltzer-Brody told MedPage Today.

September 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

Department chair, Dr. Samantha Meltzer-Brody speaks with the New York Times about Fear Increase in Postpartum Mood and Anxiety Disorders

May 28, 2020

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