Check out our news archive below to learn more about what’s happening in Duke Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences!
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellows Are Becoming Trauma-Informed
Child & adolescent psychiatry fellows at Duke have a unique opportunity to develop expertise in trauma-informed approaches and care through a partnership between the Center for Child and Family Health, the North Carolina Child Treatment Program and Duke Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences.
Nine Duke Psychiatry Faculty Selected for Leadership Programs
Congratulations to the nine faculty members from our department who were selected to participate in four highly competitive School of Medicine leadership and development programs!
Unique Coaching Model Allows Patients to be Themselves
Bobby's Coaches, a peer coaching program named after Bobby Menges, a Duke student who passed away from cancer, helps support young adults with a cancer diagnosis and their parent caregivers. Gary Maslow, MD, MPH, and McLean Pollock, PhD, lead the program. Read on to learn more about the program and hear from a couple of the coaches.
Commentary: Race and Health — A Persistent American Dilemma
In a New England Journal of Medicine "Points of View" piece, Duke Psychiatry's Damon Tweedy, MD, reflects on his medical training and shares his thoughts on what medical educators and administrators can do to resolve racial health inequity.
Annise Weaver Wins Cook Society Award
Annise Weaver, MSEd, CRC, director of clinical operations and associate director of diversity, equity and inclusion, has won the 2022 Samuel DuBois Cook Society Staff Award in recognition of her leadership in diversity, equity, inclusion and anti-racism at Duke.
Published! Common Issues in Breast Cancer Survivors
Duke Psychiatry's Rebecca Shelby, PhD, is one of three co-editors of "Common Issues in Breast Cancer Survivors: A Practical Guide to Evaluation and Management," a new first-of-its-kind textbook designed for all providers who want to improve the lives of those who have been treated for breast cancer.
Why You Should Celebrate Work Accomplishments
In this Duke Today article, Dr. McLean Pollock shares insights into why it's important to celebrate work accomplishments. She says that celebrating victories can help counteract people's natural tendency to focus on the negative.
Helping Kids Navigate the Pandemic
The stress and isolation of the pandemic may have a lasting toll on some children, but Duke experts say most will recover fully — and some might even emerge with new strengths.
A Trusting Relationship: Duke Center Empowers Children With Eating Disorders and Other Conditions to Listen to their Bodies
The Duke Center for Eating Disorders created an online community that aims to help repair people's disrupted relationship with their bodies by empowering them to listen to, decode and respond to what their bodies are telling them—and ultimately develop a trusting relationship with their bodies.
Four Duke Psychiatry Faculty Members Receive DIBS Awards
Four Duke Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences faculty members recently received Incubator and Germinator Awards from the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences.