Month: September 2018

Doctors discuss gaming addictions

In June 2018, the World Health Organization released its 11th International Classification of Diseases (ICD) book. For the first time, gaming addiction will be listed as a mental health condition. The book describes it as a pattern of persistent or recurrent gaming behavior so severe that it takes “precedence over other life interests.” The classification […]

Sep 14, 2018

SPOTLIGHT: Andrea Rayner

Adult Crisis Unit and ECT Manager Andrea Rayner started with Nebraska Medicine in Geriatric Psychiatry in July 1999. In 2003, Nebraska Medicine opened a small 10-bed adult unit, and Andrea was hired for that unit. After working on her masters, she became the unit manager for ACU and ECT in 2004. What do you enjoy […]

Sep 14, 2018

Learning the Lifespan

Sometimes it can be tough for a medical student to choose a specific area of psychiatry. To help with the decision, UNMC offers a four-week elective, which touches on four common areas of psychiatry. Fourth-year medical students registered for the Lifespan elective will spend a week in the child and adolescent division, a week working […]

Sep 14, 2018

1991 UNMC Graduate returns to UNMC as Addiction Division Director

Dr. Ken Zoucha has returned to UNMC. The 1991 University of Nebraska Medical Center graduate has been hired as the Director of the Addiction Division of the Psychiatry Department. When Dr. Zoucha considered applying for the new position, he remembered his time at UNMC. “I just loved this place when I was here training,” said […]

Sep 14, 2018