Month: October 2025

PES Celebrates Five Years of Service

The Psychiatric Emergency Services (PES) unit nears 10,000 patients seen as it celebrates five years of quality service. In October 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the PES received its first patient seeking emergent mental health care. Since then, more than 9,000 visits have occurred, allowing individuals to receive psychiatric care in a unique space designed […]

Oct 30, 2025

Guest speaker will discuss how plastics can harm brain health

Elizabeth Ryznar, MD, MSc, will discuss how the plastic life cycle can lead to environmental pollution and associated mental health issues. Dr. Ryznar will speak from 12-1 p.m. on Wednesday, October 8, 2025 in room 3001 in the Michael F. Sorrell Center at UNMC. The title of the discussion is “Shrinkwrapped: How Plastics Harm Brain […]

Oct 1, 2025

UNMC Faculty members lead meaningful discussions at national academic conference

A large contingent of UNMC Department of Psychiatry members and trainees took over the Association of Academic Psychiatry (AAP) conference last month in Milwaukee. Faculty, staff, residents, and students discussed essential issues in residency training and medical education. The AAP focuses on education in psychiatry at every level, from the beginning of medical school through […]

Oct 1, 2025