Meet Our Team

Christena Raines, RN, MSN, APRN-BC PMH-C, is an adjunct professor in the department of psychiatry at UNC Chapel Hill. She is a dual trained nurse practitioner in women’s health care and board-certified psychiatric nurse practitioner. At UNC she helped develop an intergraded perinatal mental health model within the OB-GYN High risk clinics and founded the UNC Perinatal Depression Support group. She was a member of the planning team instrumental in opening the first in-patient Perinatal Psychiatric program in the US. She is considered a subject matter expert (SME) and currently serves as the board chair emeritus for Postpartum Support International.