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At UNC PAWS, a new shelter-to-pet program at UNC-Chapel Hill’s Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health, clinicians amplify those benefits by connecting shelter dogs with people who suffer from addiction disorders, depression and schizophrenia, among other severe mental illnesses.
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Published in the Schizophrenic Bulletin, Diana Perkins, MD, medical director at OASIS, at the UNC Center of Excellence for Community Mental Health, is coauthor.
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John Gilmore, MD We are well into the summer, a nice time to take stock of where we are and look ahead to the new academic year. There are a lot of updates! The Wake STEP (Schizophrenia Treatment and Evaluation Program) clinic is a year old this summer and we look forward to continued …
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John Gilmore, MD, Ureh “Nena” Lekwauwa, MD, and David Richard The Center presented its Fourth Annual Medical Directors’ Network Symposium “Leadership and Management: The Medical Director’s Role in Managing Outcomes” May 17, 2014. Nearly 70 medical directors from Critical Access Behavioral Health Agencies (CABHAs) and Managed Care Organizations (MC0s) as well as psychiatrists from …
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L-R Mebane Rash, JD, John Gilmore, MD, Lorna Moser, PhD, Emery Cowan, MS, Thava Mahaevan, MS and Shane Rau, MD, PhD The 21st Annual STEP (Schizophrenia Treatment and Evaluation Program) Symposium highlighted recovery programs and the latest policy changes that will impact individuals with schizophrenia and other mental illnesses. Sponsored by the Center, the Symposium …
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Mahadevan receives Citizen’s Award Thava Mahadevan, MS, director of operations at the Center and director of The Farm at Penny Lane, received a Citizen’s Award from the Indy Magazine at the Cotton Room at the Golden Belt in Durham, N.C. on Feb. 22, 2014. The Indy award states that it honors “individuals who through long-term …
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L-R Primary care team: Rupal Yu, MD, MPH, Kelly Smedley, RN, MSN, CNS, and Robin Reed, MD, MPH, Judith Causey, RN As part of a collaboration with Piedmont Health Services (PHS) and UNC Family Medicine, the Center has recently added a primary care physician to its Carr Mill Clinic staff in Carrboro. Rupal Yu, …
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The UNC Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health has created an advisory board, which held its first meeting May 29, 2014 at the Carolina Club at the Georges Watts Hill Alumni Center in Chapel Hill, N.C. The Center, part of the Department of Psychiatry at the UNC School of Medicine, was created with a …
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L-R Ariel Reynolds, MSW, and Matt Diehl, MSW After being named a Dartmouth Research site last fall, the Center is launching an evidence-based supported employment program to assist individuals with serious mental illness to find and maintain a job. The Center is one of four North Carolina grant recipients selected to participate in North …