7 years ago
Center’s UNC PAWS program in danger of being defunded
UNC PAWS, a dog-training therapy program that helps clients with mental health disorders, might be suspended unless their fundraising campaign is successful.
7 years ago
UNC PAWS, a dog-training therapy program that helps clients with mental health disorders, might be suspended unless their fundraising campaign is successful.
7 years ago
“What we’re doing with them comes from what they tell us they want,” VanderZwaag said. “The idea is that initially we try to help them identify what are the things they value, what are their goals for the next year and then longer term, and then we try to help them figure out what’s getting …
7 years ago
Alliance Behavioral Healthcare and the UNC Wake ACTT Primary Care Integration program received a Programs of Excellence Award for care integration.
7 years ago
"Thanks to this donation, we plan to create a case management team consisting of a full-time, masters-level clinical social worker, and a half-time peer support specialist," said John H. Gilmore, MD, the center's director. "This team will be focused on providing individuals and their families with the resources and support they need to achieve the fullest recovery possible."
7 years ago
This kind of new brain imaging study could help identify cognitive problems and psychiatric disorders very early and develop appropriate interventions.
7 years ago
Board members support the mission of the Center by advocating to increase its visibility and by assisting with fundraising efforts. The board, created in May 2014, is voluntary.
8 years ago
Editor Alice Lockhart, BA Director of Communications alice_lockhart@med.unc.edu Photography Brian Strickland Photography KPO Photo Marie Lamoureaux Copyright UNC Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health CB 7160 Chapel Hill, NC 27599
8 years ago
Center faculty and staff present at NAMI state-wide conference Staff and faculty from two Center programs presented October 7-8 at the annual NAMI North Carolina State-wide Conference held at the Sheraton Raleigh Hotel. Diana Perkins, MD, MPH, professor and medical director of UNC OASIS Chapel Hill and Carrboro, presented “Recognizing and Treating Early Episode Psychosis: …
8 years ago
Tracey Himmel and Manmohan Sihra joined the Center’s advisory board this fall. Himmel has more than 20 years of business development experience. Most recently, she was business development manager for the Chapel Hill /Carrboro Chamber of Commerce and previously served as assistant regional manager at ReliaStar Life Insurance (now Voya.) She has held various community …
8 years ago
More than 175 friends and supporters of the UNC Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health attended a celebration of recovery at the third annual No Limits Gala held at the George Watts Hill Alumni Center on November 17. John Gilmore, MD, director of the Center, and Aaron Nelson, chairman of the Center’s advisory …
8 years ago
On September 13, artists and friends of the UNC Brushes with Life Arts Program gathered in the lobby of the North Carolina Neurosciences Hospital to celebrate this year’s opening exhibition and reception. Following a welcome from John Gilmore, MD, director of the Center, and an introduction of the artists by Grayson Bowen, coordinator of …
8 years ago
John Gilmore MD It has been an exciting and busy time at the Center. We collaborated with our friends and colleagues at the Foundation of Hope for Research and Treatment of Mental Illness for “Pasta with Purpose,” a fundraiser sponsored by the Carolina Club. We hosted our third annual No Limits Gala in November …