What to Do if a Family Member or Friend Has Psychotic Symptoms
When someone you love is suffering from serious mental illness, it can be confusing and scary. Here’s what to know.
Emergency Care, Mental Health, Relationships
Category: Mental Health
Six Ways to Help Your Child Cope with Anxiety
It’s hard to see your child stressed. Here’s what to do to help.
Children's Health, Mental Health, Psychiatry
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, Patient Stories, Substance Abuse
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, Patient Stories, Substance Abuse
How to Talk to Kids About Cancer
Advice for helping children of all ages understand a parent’s cancer diagnosis
Cancer, Children's Health, Relationships
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
Postpartum Depression, Relationships
Your Child Has ADHD—Now What?
You can take steps as a parent to help your child succeed at school and at home.
ADD/ADHD, Children's Health, Pediatric Medicine
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 and Maternal Health, Research, Studies, Treatment, Wellness, Women's Health
Predicting Autism: Study Links Infant Brain Connections to Diagnose...
In two previous studies, University of North Carolina researchers and colleagues linked infant brain anatomy differences to autism diagnoses at age two. Now they show differences in functional connections between brain regions at 6 months to predict autism at age two.
Autism, Brain Health, Children's Health, Mental Health, News, Publications, Research, Studies
Study confirms link between alcohol consumption, breast cancer risk...
In findings published in the journal Cancer, Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers confirmed the link between alcohol consumption and breast cancer risk in a study in black women. The association has been seen in other studies drawn from majority white populations.
Social Justice, Substance Abuse
Online group therapy may be effective treatment for bulimia nervosa
Study led by UNC researchers compared group therapy delivered via online chat to face-to-face group therapy
Eating Disorders, Mental Health, Treatment
Severe burns, injuries from e-cigarette explosions go under-reporte...
In a new British Medical Journal editorial, UNC School of Medicine researchers and physicians stress the need for better worldwide surveillance of e-cigarette-related burns and better regulation of e-cigarettes to reduce burn injuries.
Substance Abuse, Tobacco