Exterior view of the UNLV Health Mojave Counseling outpatient clinic.

UNLV Health Mojave Counseling: Child/Adolescent Psychiatry & Mental Health News

The UNLV Health Mojave Counseling outpatient clinic has been serving clients with mental illness in Las Vegas for more than 25 years. The clinic provides services to adults, adolescents, and children having a psychiatric disability or mental illness in a comprehensive multi-disciplinary manner. Clinicians and staff strive to help people maximize their health, well-being, and quality of life.

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Woman in white medical coat with the UNLV School of Medicine logo poses in front of a UNLV School of Medicine sign with her right hand in her pocket and left hand on a silver rail
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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.

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Mojave Counseling Day Treatment staff, Stuart Keller (far left) and Susanna Guarino (far right), participating in a music group activity with clients.
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The outpatient mental health program has been serving our community for the past 32 years.

The Las Vegas skyline (Josh Hawkins, UNLV).
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2022 U.N.L.V. Spring Commencement Ceremony for the Graduate College.  May 13, 2022 (Josh Hawkins/UNLV)
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Mojave Counseling: Child/Adolescent Psychiatry & Mental Health In The News

Desert Companion

Providers of mental health support and families of patients fear the dire consequences that will come from changes to insurance coverage

Las Vegas Review Journal

Sunhaven will offer on-site social and health services and is designed for extremely low-income people who are homeless or at “imminent risk” of becoming homeless, according to a news release Wednesday. The UNLV Health Mojave Counseling clinic will provide clinical and case-management services at Sunhaven, and addiction-treatment group WestCare will offer life skills, crisis response and other resources, the release said.

Forbes

Whether you’re one of the nearly 58 million Americans who experience some form of mental illness each year or just want to optimize your mental well-being, you might be interested in therapy. However, you may be wondering which type of counseling would best suit your needs: a psychiatrist or therapist? When making that decision, it can be helpful to learn about how psychiatrists differ from other therapists in terms of their education and training, therapies offered and cost.

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