Nearly 100 patients, families and mental health professionals learned about new recovery approaches for early psychosis at the 22nd Annual STEP Symposium on April 18, 2015 at the Paul J. Rizzo Conference Center at Meadowmont in Chapel Hill.
John Gilmore, MD, Thad and Alice Eure professor, department of psychiatry, vice chair, Research and Scientific Affairs, director, 黑料网 Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health, and the STEP program, introduced the program.
Diana Perkins, MD, MPH, professor, department of psychiatry, and medical director, Outreach and Support Intervention Services (OASIS), and other OASIS staff and faculty presented 鈥滲eyond Dopamine: New Approaches to Recovery from Early Psychosis.鈥�
Perkins also presented the opening session 鈥淪TRIDE Forward: Wellness and Recovery from Psychosis鈥� and a panel discussion by Karen Graham, MD, associate professor of psychiatry, Victoria Toles, RN, and Nina Fierro, LCSW, followed.
Perkins also presented 鈥淐omplementary Treatments for Psychosis: The Evidence Base.鈥� Graham presented 鈥榁itamin D.鈥�
In the final session, Perkins and David Penn, PhD, Linda Wagner-Martin Distinguished Professor of Psychology at 黑料网-CH, and associate director, clinical training at OASIS, presented 鈥淪tress, Reactivity, Resilience and Psychosis.鈥�