Latest News...Helping Children Understand Frightening EventsThe Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress (CSTS) has developed a resource to help talk with children about frightening subjects. View the resource here. Promoting Mental Wellness and Trauma-Informed, Community-Led Suicide Prevention in Acute- and Post-Disaster Response: Using Psychological First Aid and Beyond Training; Saturday, February 15 via Zoom from 1:30-4:45pmRobin Gurwitch, PhD (Professor and Clinical Psychologist with Duke University Medical Center, National Center for Child Traumatic Stress, and Center for Child and Family Health) and Angela M. Tunno, PhD, MS (Assistant Professor and Clinical Psychologist with Duke University Medical Center, National Center for Child Traumatic Stress, and Center for Child and Family Health) will provide this essential training on Psychological First Aid. When disasters strike, Psychological First Aid (PFA) is considered the best immediate response to provide emotional support to those impacted by such events. PFA is an evidence-informed modular approach to help children, adolescents, adults, and families in the immediate aftermath of disaster and terrorism. PFA is designed to reduce the initial distress caused by traumatic events and to foster short- and long-term adaptive functioning and coping. Our NC communities, especially in Western NC, will continue to benefit from PFA. We also know that suicide risk can increase after natural disasters; especially in the two years post-disaster, raising the need for trauma-informed, community-led, suicide prevention efforts. This “just-in-time” PFA training will focus exclusively on Hurricane Helene and will provide participants with the knowledge and skills necessary to use PFA in aftermath of this disaster. In this training, we will also talk about the importance of mental health support and suicide prevention for those most impacted by Hurricane Helene. Click here to register. Renew Your MembershipMembership of the North Carolina Psychiatric Association (NCPA) and the American Psychiatric Association (APA) are up for renewal on a calendar year basis. While all members are strongly encouraged to renew by January 1st each year, it is vital that you renew prior to the end of the 90-day grace period to avoid losing your membership benefits. Member dues for both NCPA and APA billed together through the APA's centralized dues billing and membership renewal processes. Members may renew in one of three ways:
Please don't hesitate to contact us if you have specific question regarding your NCPA member benefits. Thank you for your continued NCPA and APA membership! Join NCPA!The North Carolina Psychiatric Association is a professional medical organization that represents nearly 1,000 psychiatrists statewide; it is the district branch of the American Psychiatric Association. Members receive many member benefits, including dual membership in the state and national associations. Join NowLooking for a New Psychiatrist?Our Find a Doctor search may be able to help you find a new psychiatrist. The psychiatrists listed in this directory are NCPA members who have chosen to submit the information about their practices to this directory. Individual physicians are responsible for the accuracy of this information; NCPA does not make patient referrals. Search Now |