Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Health News
The department of psychiatry & behavioral health encompasses hospital and clinic-based mental health services and educational programs in psychiatry, child and adolescent psychiatry, forensic psychiatry, and couple and family therapy, playing a vital role in improving access to behavioral healthcare across Southern Nevada.
Current Psychiatry & Behavioral Health News
A collection of top headlines featuring UNLV faculty and students.
Graduates of UNLV's Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine are helping reduce the mental healthcare gap in Las Vegas.
UNLV researcher Soon Cho takes on the nascent space of human relationships with artificial intelligence, and the impacts of using chatbots for therapy.
UNLV therapist Dawn Moore explains how to manage relationships, navigate tricky topics, and shares tips to stay happy as the sun sets on another year.
When Dr. Faun Lee Powers isn’t caring for patients, the School of Medicine Alumna of the Year is back at her alma mater shaping the next generation of mental health practitioners.
The top news stories starring university students and staff.
Psychiatry & Behavioral Health In The News
UNLV appears several times on U.S. News & World’s Report’s new Best Global Universities rankings.
The behavioral health sector is under pressure from every direction: workforce shortages, surging patient demand, reimbursement headwinds and the persistent stigma that keeps patients from seeking care. But across the country, health system leaders are finding that technology — deployed thoughtfully — may be one of the most powerful tools they have.
Provider shortages in any field are problematic for a myriad of reasons, the main one being access. Without access, it is extremely difficult to receive timely care. A program called BeHERENV was created to address this issue.
Providers of mental health support and families of patients fear the dire consequences that will come from changes to insurance coverage
Organizers said mental health will be a key focus of the summit.
Even though the holidays are meant to be joyful, plenty of people feel the opposite way. More than three in five Americans describe the season as stressful, overwhelming, or exhausting.
