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When Eric Paradis was being treated at the Duke Cancer Institute, he and his wife, Heather, received support from Duke Psychiatry clinical psychology interns though the Duke Cancer Patient Support Program. When Eric passed away, Heather decided to give back to the program.

A new pair of studies from a Duke research team’s long-term work in New Zealand make the case that mental health struggles in early life can lead to poorer physical health and advanced aging in adulthood.

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.

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 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).

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.

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.

Duke Health’s one-of-a-kind behavioral health building will begin welcoming patients this spring.

In February and March, the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences will be hosting a three-event Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Speaker Series focused on race and language.

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.