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The UNC Department of Psychiatry is committed to excellence in our missions of clinical service, teaching, and research, and we are national leaders in each of these domains.
02/19/2026
Congratulations to David Penn, PhD, honoree by Morehead-Cain seniors for excellence in teaching and mentoring. Seniors nominated faculty who made a significant impact on their academic experience, professional development, and personal growth at Carolina.
Graduating seniors nominated faculty and staff members who made a significant impact on their academic experience, professional development, and personal growth at Carolina.
02/17/2026
Abnormally increased extra-axial cerebrospinal fluid (EA-CSF) volume is present as early as 6 months in infants later diagnosed with autism and is associated with symptom severity at the age of diagnosis, but it is unknown whether early EA-CSF enlargement has long-term impacts on other clinical domains. Executive function (EF) deficits are frequently observed in children with autism and are linked with worse academic outcomes, higher anxiety, and lower adaptive functioning. The current study examines the association between EA-CSF volume at infancy and EF at school age in a longitudinally phenotyped cohort of children with either high (HL) or low (LL) familial likelihood for autism.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41540340/
02/16/2026
The UNC Department of Psychiatry’s Improving Adolescent and Child health Through Telepsychiatry in North Carolina (IMPACTT-NC) program has received a grant for $530,000 from the NC Department of Health and Human Services and The Duke Endowment in support of its work to expand telepsychiatry services for school children in rural North Carolina. Building on successful pilot programs in six rural counties, this additional support will allow for expansion into Cherokee, Clay and Graham counties as well as increasing current programs in Duplin and Macon counties.
Ashley Mahan, Clinical Director Outpatient Psychiatry
My “why” is rooted in a simple belief: every person deserves access to compassionate, high‑quality psychiatric care — no matter which clinic or virtual location they are seen in. Every day, I’m inspired by our incredible clinic teammates whose dedication, empathy, and unwavering commitment make this mission possible. As the Outpatient Director, I’m driven to expand access, remove barriers, and help build a system where healing, hope, and connection are available to all.
02/13/2026
The UNC-Chapel Hill Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health program announced its selection of three scholars, including the Department of Psychiatry's Dr. Margo Nathan, for the first BIRCWH cohort from UNC Center for Women's Mood Disorders
The UNC Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health (BIRCWH) program has appointed three scholars who will receive funding and protected time for research relevant to women's health and s*x as a biological variable.
02/13/2026
tECS introduces a new class of brain stimulation: transcranial endogenous current stimulation. Unlike conventional stimulation that applies synthetic rhythms, tECS uses naturalistic, EEG-derived waveforms that mirror the brain’s own dynamics, offering a mechanistic route toward more personalized and biologically informed neuromodulation.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41605337/
02/13/2026
“My brain went on a hiatus — and I didn’t know why,” Emily Sliwinski says of her first weeks of motherhood. When she reached UNC’s Perinatal Psychiatry Inpatient Unit, specialists recognized what others couldn’t yet see: postpartum psychosis. They started the right care immediately.
Emily’s story shows why knowing where to turn during pregnancy and postpartum matters — and how UNC’s Perinatal Psychiatry Inpatient Unit, the first of its kind in the U.S., provides specialized care during reproductive health transitions.
I spent the last 25 years working at the state hospitals in Raleigh and Butner. I am primarily interested in working with patients with schizophrenia spectrum illness. Throughout my career, I have been involved in teaching and training of residents and medical students and look forward to continuing as I return to UNC.
02/12/2026
02/11/2026
02/11/2026
This study examined whether blunted neural reward responsivity uniquely interacted with both individual- and neighborhood-level socioeconomic disadvantage to predict youth depression symptom trajectories. Results showed that youth with blunted reward response at baseline exhibited significant increases in their depression symptoms over an 18-month follow-up if they were also exposed to either family or neighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41332350/
02/10/2026
Holly is a social worker at YBH, providing therapy, case management, and support to adolescents and their families. Holly delivers brief, evidence-based interventions, including CBT, DBT, and trauma-informed approaches, and brings experience from school-based mental health settings. Holly’s clinical interests include a commitment to supporting adolescents and their families with compassion through collaborative, interdisciplinary, and systems oriented care.
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The UNC Department of Psychiatry is committed to excellence in our missions: clinical service, teaching, and research, and we are national leaders in each of these domains. We strive to embrace diversity, equity and inclusive excellence through our actions, our policies and our culture. Whether you are looking for information about patient care, education and training, clinical and neuroscience research, or our community-based efforts, I welcome your interest in our exceptional department.
Samantha Meltzer-Brody, MD, MPH, Chair of the Department of Psychiatry
Patient Services
Our providers deliver expert, compassionate clinical care to all of our patients – from the youngest children to the oldest adults, spanning the ethnic, socioeconomic and educational spectrum. Multiple inpatient units and outpatient clinics at a variety of locations throughout the Triangle offer comprehensive care and specialized treatment options for all psychiatric disorders. Our multidisciplinary teams actively collaborate and consult with other departments within the UNC School of Medicine and physicians, patients, and families throughout North Carolina and the Southeast.
Education
Psychiatry is a challenging yet rewarding discipline, and our residency and fellowship training programs continually expand and adapt to meet a host of changing needs. We provide a clinical training experience that effectively integrates psychiatric theory and practice with knowledge of psychodynamic principles, neurobiology, and pharmacology. We ensure that each trainee is extensively versed in a variety of behavioral, cognitive, and social approaches and treatment options, and in understanding the scientific and research methods that underpin our specialty. Our comprehensive training programs are among the most respected in the country, and graduates of our programs are competent physicians appropriately grounded in the understanding and treatment of psychiatric illnesses that go on to assume positions of leadership in academia (including several current Chairs of major departments of psychiatry), public service, private practice, and other areas of the private sector.
Research
UNC Psychiatry researchers stand at the forefront of cutting-edge translational psychiatric research, exploring the underlying mechanisms of human behavior and mental illness to inform new treatments and improve clinical practices. The depth and range of our clinical research programs enables us to offer many patients access to specialized care and state-of-the-art treatments that not only can improve their lives but also contribute to the betterment of the mental health of generations to come.
Provider Wellness
Medicine is facing an era of rapid and continuous change in nearly every way: payment models, technology, standards for clinical practice, and consumer driven healthcare. To prevent burnout syndrome and assist providers who are navigating this incredibly stressful environment, UNC has adopted the Quadruple Aim: a focus on enhancing patient experience, improving population health, reducing costs, and improving provider work life. Our Department’s innovative, supportive wellness programs offer novel approaches that integrate wellness as a critical metric to combat provider burnout throughout the institution.
