Check out our news archive below to learn more about what’s happening in Duke Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences!
Struggling with an Eating Disorder? Check out this Duke Online Community!
If you or someone you love is struggling with a potentially life-threatening eating disorder, consider checking out the Duke Center for Eating Disorder Family and Community web-based community, which provides free weekly educational seminars and support groups around the world and free of charge.
Video and Q&A with Patrice Harris, MD: Psychiatrist, Advocate & Leader
Patrice Harris, MD, MA, FAPA, a psychiatrist who served as the first African American woman president of the American Medical Association in 2019-2020, was inspired as a child to pursue medicine.
Duke Psychiatry among Top 10 in NIH Funding in 2020
Duke University continues its leadership in biomedical research, ranking 10th among the nation’s top medical schools and research institutions for funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Katherine Ramos Receives Career Development Award
Assistant professor Katherine Ramos, PhD, was one of three Duke faculty members accepted recently to the Duke Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) KL2 program.
When Psychiatric Conditions and Pregnancy Intersect
In this Q&A, Duke psychiatrist and specialist in perinatal psychiatry, Marla F. Wald, MD, discusses the importance of treating psychiatric conditions during pregnancy and in the critical postpartum period.
New Behavioral Health Center Opens this Spring
Duke Health’s one-of-a-kind behavioral health building will begin welcoming patients this spring.
Is child mental health research structurally racist?
The past year has accelerated global discourse on the role played by institutional and societal factors in perpetuating inequities between racial and ethnic groups across all aspects of life.
Find Mental Health and Wellness Resources for the Duke Community
This Duke Today article contains an extensive list of Duke health and wellness resources for faculty, staff and students
Connection, Trust, and Recovery: A New Series About Peer Support
If you’ve ever needed help but weren’t sure where to turn, then you know how important just one trustworthy guide can be. This blog post is the first of an occasional series on the Wilson Center for Science & Justice website called “Connection, Trust, and Recovery,” by Michele Easter, PhD.
It is not enough to say we are anti-racist. We must address glaring disparities in treatment.
In a recent op-ed on KevinMD.com, Jane Gagliardi, MD, MHS, discusses the need to eradicate racial disparities in patient care and outcomes.