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Nicole Heilbron

Associate Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry
3527, 2608 Erwin Road, Suite 300, Durham, NC 27705
3527, 2608 Erwin Road, Suite 300, Durham, NC 27705

Overview


Child clinical psychology, child and adolescent trauma and maltreatment, nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI), suicide-related thoughts and behaviors, mood and anxiety disorders, OCD

Current Duke Appointments & Affiliations


Associate Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences · 2023 - Present Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Vice-Chair of Pediatric Psychiatry and Psychology Clinical Services · 2024 - Present Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics · 2020 - Present Pediatrics, Clinical Science Departments

Recent News Items


Published September 25, 2023
In a Behavioral Health Crisis, NC-PAL is Expanding Access to Care
Published November 14, 2022
A Mental Health Lifeline for Rural Children and Teens in Crisis

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Recent Scholarly Works


Building Bridges in Behavioral Health: DBPs and NC's Child Psychiatry Access Program

Conference JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL PEDIATRICS · 2026 Link to item Cite

Implicit affective responses to suicide-related stimuli: Differences as a function of suicide attempt history and concurrent substance use.

Journal article Suicide Life Threat Behav · April 2025 INTRODUCTION: Individuals who are depressed, have suicide attempts, and a substance use disorder (SUD) may have different patterns of suicidal thoughts and behaviors and respond differently to cues associated with suicide and death. METHOD: Implicit affect ... Full text Link to item Cite

Lived experiences of mothers: A longitudinal study of impacts and adjustment following adolescent psychiatric hospitalization for suicide attempts or other reasons.

Journal article Suicide Life Threat Behav · April 2025 INTRODUCTION: Parents play crucial roles in monitoring and supporting youth who have been hospitalized after suicide attempts, but their adjustment in the period following hospitalization has been understudied. This study assessed the adjustment and impact ... Full text Link to item Cite
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Recent Grants


NC PAL Expansion

Public ServiceCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by NC DHHS · 2022 - 2027

North Carolina Psychiatry Access Line Renewal

Public ServiceCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by NC DHHS · 2019 - 2026

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Education


University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill · 2007 Ph.D.