Category: Families
4 Things to Know About Psychosis in Teenagers
It can be tough to distinguish between angst and mental illness in young people, but getting help quickly is critical.
Does My Child Need to Go to the Emergency Room?
Here’s how to know if an illness or injury can be treated at urgent care or requires a trip to the hospital.
Learning to Live as a Young Mother, After Drugs
A unique residential treatment program gave Katelin Hunter a chance to overcome loss, incarceration and substance abuse.
Addiction, Drug Rehabilitation, Families, North Carolina, Substance Abuse, UNC Stories
A Young Mother’s Journey to Recovery
Mothers struggling with drug addiction and their children find help through the UNC Horizons Program.
Addiction, Drug Rehabilitation, Families, North Carolina, Substance Abuse, UNC Stories
How to Talk to Kids About Cancer
When a parent is diagnosed with cancer, children need honesty, compassion and support
What to Do When the Woman You Love Has Postpartum Depression
If your partner is suffering, there are steps you can take—and things you should avoid doing
Babies, Depression, Families, Maternal Health, Mental Health, Women's Health
The Four-Legged Volunteer
As part of the Tar Heal Paws program, Sadie and her owner Jamie Lynn Russell volunteer their time to bring fur therapy to patients and families at UNC Medical Center and other UNC Health Care facilities. Sadie is one of fourteen canine volunteers to be featured in the first series of Tar Heal Paws.
UNC researchers lead clinical trial evaluating potential treatment ...
A phase 2, double-blind study of the investigational medication, brexanolone, in the treatment of women with severe PPD published in The Lancet. Clinical trials are currently underway at UNC.
Brain Health, Depression, Families, Mental Health, Pregnancy, Research, Studies, Treatment, Wellness, Women's Health
Cigar warning labels are not equally believable among adolescents
Less than 50 percent of surveyed teens found it ‘very believable’ that cigars are not a safe alternative to cigarettes, according to a first-of-its-kind UNC School of Medicine study.
UNC expert weighs in on e-cigarette debate
Rob Tarran, PhD, says much is unknown about the effects of vaping, but data thus far suggest it is not harmless.
Repeated exposure of children to secondhand smoke is child abuse, G...
Dr. Adam Goldstein, who is director of the tobacco intervention programs in the UNC School of Medicine, argues his point in an opinion piece published in the March/April 2015 issue of Annals of Family Medicine.