Alice Lockhart , Director of Communications and Coordinator for the Medical Directors' Network
UNC Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health
Chances are you have met someone with a mental illness, as one in four adults - approximately 57.7 million Americans per year - experience a mental illness according to NAMI's Mental Illness: FACTS and NUMBERS. (Source: http://www.nami.org/).
Also consider that many people choose not to share information about their illness with others for fear of judgment or discrimination (stigma).
Founded in January 2009, the Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health is part of the Department of Psychiatry in the School of Medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Addressing quality of care and workforce development issues in North Carolina's mental health system, the Center and its clinical programs are supported by a three-year grant from The Duke Endowment, as well as Cross Area Services Program (CASP)
funds. The program operates in conjunction with multiple university, state, and community-based partners.
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