Psychiatry

BHECN receives $1.1 million grant to increase behavioral health workers

Grant will provide full tuition and laptops for 70 non-traditional students each year to become community health workers and provisionally licensed addiction counselors.

Oct 30, 2017

Impact of meditation on brain activity

Learn how meditation impacts clinical symptoms and normal changes in cognition as we age.

Oct 10, 2017

New addiction services clinic offered

Clinic integrates treatment for co-occurring psychiatric and substance use disorders.

Oct 5, 2017

Alëna Balasanova, M.D.

Increasing behavioral health access in Nebraska

Effort will target rural and medically underserved areas of the state.

Oct 4, 2017

UNMC alum to read from memoir

Loren Olson, M.D., will read from “Finally Out” at McGoogan Library this month.

Sep 13, 2017

Gift to UNMC focuses on helping those who have experienced mental trauma

About 50 percent of Nebraskans report experiencing childhood adversity/trauma

Sep 13, 2017

Members of the UNMC College of Public Health team involved in the Building a Trauma-Informed Community initiative included (left-right): Lea Pounds, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Health Promotion, Social and Behavioral Health; Jungyoon 'JY' Kim, Ph.D., (principal investigator), assistant professor, Department of Health Services Research and Administration; Alisha Aggarwal, doctoral student, Department of Health Services Research and Administration; Ali Khan, M.D., M.P.H., dean; and Melissa Tibbits, Ph.D., associate professor, Department of Health Promotion, Social and Behavioral Health.

Drs. Evans, Roberts to present during online conference

Colleagues will discuss the Munroe-Meyer Institute’s Integrated Behavioral Health in Primary Care Program.

Sep 11, 2017

Psychiatrist hopes to pass on UNMC lessons

Yi Fu, M.D., returned to Tongji Hospital of Tongji University after faculty exchange with UNMC.

Aug 22, 2017

Gov. Ricketts joins bike ride to raise awareness for pediatric mental health

Break the Cycle event on July 29-30 will cover 150 miles on Omaha bike trails.

Jul 21, 2017

Gov. Ricketts to participate in bike ride for pediatric mental health

Break the Cycle event on July 29-30 will cover 150 miles on Omaha bike trails

Jul 21, 2017

Gov. Pete Ricketts